I don't think they fail after you get a good one but I know they tend to have duds. The things are PCMCIA cards (form factor/size) with a chip of some sort in them. The slot on the tuner has you know like 48 little pins so don't force it.
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast Good to know ... the 'unreliable as can be' is the part that bothers me .... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast The technology works. Unfortunately your cable vendor is unlikely to know WTF is going on. Make sure you tell them it's for a TIVO. They've *never* heard of an MCE. The TIVO generates sufficient truck rolls that they'll know what to do. If you have a Ceton card you need to make sure the phone person documents IN THE WORKORDER that you want an "M" (Multi-stream) card *AND* to bring extra as these things are unreliable as can be. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast Thanks, that could be a good option. I've heard horror stories about 'cablecard' and google searches turn up a lot of older hits with complaints. Guessing they have the bugs worked out now ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast I use this: http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php And then you just need a cablecard from Comcast. They usually make someone come out to install the card though, so just an fyi. Comcast was a pain in the beginning getting it installed as there "tech's" don't really know anything about how to install it, but that was last year. Sould be easier now. -Greg From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast I have the $12 basic cable package, and my ancient tuner card works fine still (last time I checked) Is that the cable package you are curious about... I can check what card I have later if interested. Sam On Apr 11, 2011 7:33 AM, "Erik Goldoff" <egold...@gmail.com<mailto:egold...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Now since Comcast has been digital, the old analog tuner card in my 5+ year > old XP Media Center pc won't tune in even the 'free' cable channels. The HP > PC is so old that it does not have any of the slot types that the newer > cards fit. > > > > I'm thinking of building a new, Windows 7 based media center system, and > wonder if any of you that are also Comcast customers have done the same > successfully. If so, what tuner card (make and model) did you use and do > you recommend it for others ? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Erik Goldoff > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! 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