Back for #91!  It’s an email extravaganza this week and we walk right through all of your great communiqués.  We had some really great questions presented this week.  In fact, we got a few that Josh and I just don’t have the answer to.  That’s where you come in.  If after listening to the show you feel you can help people out, please leave a comment below.  Everything is better with a strong community!  And thanks in advance!
While there wasn’t much news this week, we did learn about a Media …

One of the features that the Ceton InfiniTV4 was poised to offer was tuner sharing.  This would allow you to have your InfiniTV4 in one HTPC and assign tuners to other HTPCs in your home.  Unfortunately CableLabs put the kibosh on this rather quickly.
Luckily, they’ve seen the light and as of Friday, tuner sharing is now approved in OCUR devices.  That means you can install multiple tuners in a single PC and spread them throughout your home.  While Ceton will obviously be the first to benefit from this new feature …

Today we received official word from Ceton that they have begun shipping their InfiniTV 4. The first batch of units has already been sent to their retail partners. If you were one of the first to pre-order then you will probably receive your tuner next week. Demand for the card was higher than the rate in which they are able to manufacture them, so not all pre-orders are being sent out this week. Orders are being fulfilled on a first-ordered, first-shipped basis.
To coincide with the release Ceton has also updated their support page to …

Really short show notes this week folks.  Not really a whole lot to say about the show other than Josh and I are joined by Alton Marschall from down around Texas way to share his setup and ideas on Media Center and Sage TV.  Have a good listen this week.  I have no doubt it’s going to generate some feedback!
We also take time to cover the 5th Circuit Court’s recent DMCA related decision.  This could end up being a big decision and we share our opinions during the show.
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That’s it folks, I’m back!  After a two week hiatus from the show, I return to join Josh for this week’s Entertainment 2.0.  It was hard being away but you all get to put up with me again for the rest of the summer.
This week Josh and I walk through some catch up stuff as well as covering the latest news.  We’ve both made changes to our setups (some more permanent than others) and we get to give our impressions.
Also, just announced this week, Netflix is headed north.  It’ll be …

Its not often that a product comes along that really shakes up a niche market like ours. With few exceptions we are accustomed to every product acting like all the others. Price or brand recognition ends up being the determining factor in hardware choices.
What happens however when a product comes along and challenges our notions of the HTPC landscape?
Way back in January of 2009 we learned about an exciting product that really deserves the much-overused title “game changer.” Ceton’s InfiniTV 4, a pci-express card that can record up to four …

There seems to be a lot of confusion around the concepts of encryption and copy-protection when it comes to getting television from your content provider, so the DMZ is here to clear it up for you.
Before we get into defining what encryption and copy-protection are we must point out one thing that is perhaps misunderstood the most: copy-protection and encryption are not the same thing! With that cleared up, let’s dig a little deeper.
Encryption
Encryption is actually a pretty simple concept to understand.  When a cable company provides a video stream …

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a huge Media Browser fan.  I’m always happy when a new version comes out and this morning, I just got happy.
Version 2.2.4 of Media Browser is a small step but it looks as though the developers are continuing to push to make it a faster and much smoother application.  If you look below, the changes made will hopefully have a good impact on how quickly Media Browser loads with larger collections like mine.
I’ll be installing the new version sometime this weekend and …

I think I can say that we have a great show lined up this week folks.  Those who normally join us live might have noticed we weren’t there this past Tuesday.  That can happen when you need to conserve bandwidth so you can have two great guests join you to discuss their HTPCs and how they use Media Center.  Skype and Ustream both need upload and at times like these, there can be only one.  But it was completely worth it.
This week, Josh and I were joined by Ben …

Ceton Delays InfiniTV 4 Ship Date
http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/03/12/ceton-delays-quad-cablecard-tuner/
Back in March we brought you the unfortunate news that Ceton was going to miss their Q1 release date for their much anticipated quad CableCARD tuner, the InfiniTV 4. When Ceton announced that delay they gave everyone a new date of May 31. Unfortunately tonight Ceton has announced that they will be unable to meet this date also.
Ceton would not get into specific reasons for the delay other than noting that in the global recession it is extremely difficult to get all of the 1000 …