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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:22 pm 
Million Club [PC]*
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Jealous!
Mine (Bright House) flags every channel over 100 (with the exception of the local (OTA) digital channels) as Copy-Once.
Of course, all of the standard-tier channels (below 100) are Copy-Freely.
Who's yours?


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Knology, but then again, my HD lineup is very limited.

Since the link doesn't work directly, the location is Huntsville, AL.

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Yeah, that kinda bites - only 33 "basic" HD channels (and, of those, 5 are your locals)?
I suppose it's a bit of a trade-off - for me, pretty much the entire "basic" lineup is available in HD. The downside is that every channel over 100 (be it SD or HD) (save local HDs) is CopyOnce. {{shrugs}}
My lineup (enter ZIP: 48240.) The "standard" cable package is the Broadcast Basic, Basic Cable, Digital Variety Pack, and Music Channels sets. They are moving to SDV, though - pretty much everything from 279-368 is SDV. {{Awaiting my TA for my ATI DCT.....}}

Back to our regularly scheduled thread.....
They're shipping! Cannon PC is expecting their first shipment in next week. Woot!
Gregg Cannon wrote:
Hello Ceton InfiniTV 4 digital cable quad-tuner card pre-order customers! The time has finally arrived!!!

This email is to inform you about important information related to your Ceton InfiniTV 4 Pre-Order.

Summary of this email
• Our first shipment of tuners will be arriving at Cannon the week of August 9th; Additional Shipments will follow soon.
• If for any reason you need to cancel your Ceton InfiniTV 4 Pre-Order, please do so now, prior to us processing your credit card and shipping the tuner.
• Credit cards will be processed just prior to shipping for verification of funds and accuracy of billing information (this will help speed up the shipping process). Let us know if you DO NOT wish to participate in early credit card verification and authorization.


Ship Date
Ceton informed Cannon PC that our first shipments of tuners will arrive at Cannon PC the week of August 9th. We at Cannon PC are as excited as you are.


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 Post subject: Re: Ceton CableCARD tuner
PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:43 pm 
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Mine shipped yesterday! :mrgreen:
Estimated delivery date: 8/19.

I will be sure to update after I have it installed and running. Unfortunately, that (likely) won't be until September, as I'll need to schedule a truck roll for "installation" of the CableCARD (and a Tuning Adapter - BH is running SDV here now) before I can actually run TV Setup with it.
But, I will update once that's done.


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 Post subject: Re: Ceton CableCARD tuner
PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:39 am 
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I found out a few days ago that the local Comcast is going all digital.

While this doesn't affect me right now, it could later this year/next year.

It sucks that another batch of those cards won't be ready for a while yet.

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 Post subject: Re: Ceton CableCARD tuner
PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:41 pm 
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It's done - the cable guys were here this morning. Surprisingly, setting up the CableCARD was the most painless part of the visit.
A little work in the basement (by them) to help out some signal-level issues, install and pair card.
Start watching HD cable in Media Center. Woot!
The painful part was getting the TAs running (one on the main box, one on my desktop.) Apparently, the B-team that works the office on Saturdays has no clue on how to provision a TA. :roll:
But, a call from the tech to the person who actually knows how to to do it right (on her day off), and both jumped to life. :)

It's quite nice, being able to not have to use the shitty Motorola cable box to watch a digital cable channel. I've always hated that thing's UI, as well as the inability to 'hide' non-subscribed channels.
Signal quality is great; channel changes take ~4 seconds (it was a little faster before we hooked up the TA.) Given what the tuner can do, I can live with the channel-change speed. I'm happy now. :mrgreen:
And, I can record 4 digital-tier channels at once. This pushes my total tuner count on this box to 14: 4 analog (2 nVidia DualTV MCE boards), 6 Clear-QAM (3 HDHomeruns (6 working, thanks to Tuner Salad), and 4 DCTs (the Ceton.) 8)

@ nobodyknows:
Last I heard, they are supposed to have another batch out in late October (I think?) Honestly, the best advice I can give you (if you really want one): place an order with CannonPC. They won't charge you until they actually ship; but, you'll have your spot in the queue. It may be a while more before anyone actually has normal shelf stock on these things (read: all of the backorders have been filled.)

Now, I just need to fix that damned HDCP error that MC throws randomly (gah!), and move the box, well, into a new box (which will be its own mod thread.)
*Edit 10/10: Fixed the HDCP error with a new videocard (upgraded from an HD3650, to an HC5450. Much better now (and, overlays are a bit smoother, too.)) :)


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