The CETON Digital Cable Quad Tuner PC Card and why you should seriously consider it (1 Viewer)

[mattCR]

Sam, I just deployed the CETON USB somewhere; it is surprisingly effective and the driver base is pretty good. I'm impressed so far.

 

[Sam Posten]

Cool, good to know!

 

[michaeltrottar]

I use wired lan throughout our house, and supporting a selection via WiFi would be more challenging but not challenging. I know several who use HPN with very outstanding outcomes.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I just ordered the 4 tuner USB Ceton. I'll be replacing 4 ATI tuners. The maze of cabling looked like a birds nest, and I want to rack mount the PC. Looking forward to it arriving. I just picked up two of their extenders on Black Friday, so it will be a Ceton Christmas!

 

[mattCR]

Go through all the updates on the extenders. 1st Gen firmware on the echo is a real mixed bag, but as time went on, the thing became pretty sturdy

 

[michaeltrottar]

Discuss to your operator or company. You're Cable CARD probably isn't verifying properly. Also, examine your anti-virus application. When I had McAfee set up, the Ceton cards provided me actual issues. Since I thrown out it for Avast, everything's been driving.

 

[Sam Posten]

It seems like the macroblocking on mine is getting worse, it's almost unwatchable. Is there a way to take a screenshot in MCE to show you?

 

[mattCR]

Because all cable cards use HDCP, you'd have to use an external HDMI capture device to do it. If you're getting a lot of blocking, something is wrong. Which model are you using Sam?

 

[Sam Posten]

the 6 tuner USB.

 

[mattCR]

Ah. Sam, here's a suggestion I've had others run into.. what system are you using the USB tuner on? Make sure it's the only USB device on a USB HA. Remember, USB bandwidth is shared, and the Ceton will milk every damn drop of it

 

[Sam Posten]

I'm sorry, I meant ethernet, not USB:http://cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv-6-ethernet/It's running pure Gig-E from this device to my PC.

 

[mattCR]

You might call Ceton. There are some they had issues that got too hot.. some users ended up putting a small fan or open grate by them, this was changed in later revisions.