Ceton Diagnostic Media Center Plugin Beta Release

Oct 7, 2011 by

Ceton, makers of the fantastic InfiniTV 4 and InfiniTV 4 USB, have released a new Windows Media Center plugin (link changed on 2011-10-24) that allows you to view diagnostic data from their tuners right from within Media Center. If you’ve used an InfiniTV 4 tuner then you already know that...

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Entertainment 2.0 #145 : Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB and Windows 8

Sep 23, 2011 by

This week on Entertainment 2.0 Josh started off the show by announcing that Richard Gunther will now be the official co-host of the show, and then they welcomed in James Montemagno to join them for the show. Episode 145 was focused entirely on the Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB and Windows 8, so the guys...

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Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB Review

Sep 20, 2011 by

We’re now living in a golden age for home theater PCs (HTPC). For most people, the most important feature in an HTPC is live TV and DVR functionality. If the HTPC doesn’t handle live and recorded television, then many of the family members will never use it. That is why CableCARD tuners...

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Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB First Look

Aug 31, 2011 by

  Today we received a much anticipated package from a little company based out of Kirkland Washington. Of course it was the Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB! We haven’t had a chance too hook it all up yet, but we were able to inspect everything that came in the package and snap off a few quick...

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DMZ Radio Week #2

Aug 22, 2011 by

Back for the second show!  DMZ Radio is a bit behind this week due to other obligations but I couldn’t let a week go by with nothing! I’ve tried to squeeze in all the news I could this week along with some great music.  Enjoy the show! Show Links: HP Touchpad done! TWC Buys...

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Ceton Announces Pricing and Availability of InfiniTV 4 USB

Aug 18, 2011 by

Today Ceton announced pricing and availability of their forthcoming InfiniTV 4 USB. The new device is essentially the same quad-tuner CableCARD device we’ve all known and loved over the last year except that it connects to your PC via USB rather than being an internal PCIe card. The USB version...

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Why CableCARD Self-Installs Are a Bad Idea

Aug 11, 2011 by

Disclosure: While Adam Thursby does mention this in this article, we want to make it very clear that he is a cable technician for a national cable company. –Editor As of August 8th, cable TV operators that offer set-top boxes for self-install are required to allow customers to self-install...

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Ceton InfiniTV 4 Receives CableLabs Certification

Aug 4, 2011 by

While the news around CableCARD tuners has been up and down over the last few week, this announcement from Ceton certainly falls into the prior category. Today via the company’s Twitter feed Ceton announced that their InfiniTV 4 USB tuner has passed CableLabs certification. Now that they have...

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Is This the Ceton InfiniTV 6?

Jun 20, 2011 by

Adam Thursby has written a review of the Ceton InfiniTV 4 over at About.com. While a review of the InfiniTV 4 isn’t, in and of itself, all that special, I noticed one peculiar thing while looking through the image gallery of the review.  The final image in the gallery shows the Windows Media...

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Fluid Digital Offers $30 Off Ceton InfiniTV 4

Jun 8, 2011 by

Fluid Digital just announced via email that they’ll be offering the $100 Ceton InfiniTV4 instant rebate which brings the card down to $299. In addition, they’re offering an instant $30 off for repeat customers. It’s not a great deal if you only need one InfiniTV4, but it’s...

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Ceton Announces $100 Instant Rebate Promotion

Jun 6, 2011 by

Today Ceton, the company who makes the InfiniTV 4 quad-CableCARD tuner for Windows Media Center PCs, issued a press release detailing two big announcements. The first announcement, which was definitely the smaller of the two when it comes to consumers, was to disclose agreements that have been...

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HDHomeRun Prime: CableCARD’s Last, Best Hope

May 16, 2011 by

Remember CableCARD? It was so promising: Let consumers buy devices of their choosing to access and watch cable service providers’ content. You could finally eliminate that clunky box you’ve been renting from the cable company to receive premium and high definition content. Just slip a...

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