The Current State of CableCARD

Feb 3, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Without a doubt, one of the most critical features to the success of Windows Media Center has been open support of CableCARD. Once the archaic restrictions were lifted allowing anyone to buy and install a CableCARD tuner into the PC the market opened up. Ceton released their InfiniTV 4 (PCIe, then...

Entertainment 2.0 #164 : I’m Not Supposed to Watch These!

Feb 3, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Josh and Richard tried to keep episode 164, and to get the live show started on time this week. Only one of those goals were accomplished, but that’s okay! As usual, the show was kicked off by some great listener feedback before Josh made a correction on the topic of DVD ripping from the last...

Entertainment 2.0 #158 : Not-So-Happy Holidays

Dec 22, 2011 by Josh Pollard

It may be the happy holiday time of the year, but positive news to discuss was in short supply this week!

FCC CableCARD Changes Start August 8th

Aug 1, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Ever since last year home theater PC owners who have had an interest in CableCARD equipped PCs have been looking forward to August 1, 2011. I’m hear to tell you that your dreams have not been answered yet. Before you close your browser to go cry in a corner about how your government has let you...

FCC Trying to Take Back OTA Spectrum

Apr 26, 2011 by Josh Pollard

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, at the recent National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, stressed again that Over-the-air television broadcasters need to begin voluntarily auctioning off their spectrum for use by mobile broadband carriers. It’s no secret that the mobile broadband...

Entertainment 2.0 Holiday Edition: FCC Shenanigans and Mobile Apps

Dec 23, 2010 by Adam Thursby

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and welcome back! We’re back with Craig Sholle and James Montemagno this week and it’s a fun show. As always we cover myriad topics and generate some great discussion. Between James’ Windows Phone 7 app reviews and the FCC voting on Net...

Ceton Lobbies the FCC to Not Abandon CableCARD

Apr 11, 2010 by Josh Pollard

We saw back in December that the FCC had basically called CableCARD a failed attempt to bring openness to the cable industry. They didn’t simply leave it at that though. The FCC then asked for ideas from the industry for ways to be improve the locked-down situation that currently plagues the...

DTV Mapping Tool Helps You Know What To Look For

Jun 3, 2009 by Adam Thursby

I’ve posted before about TVfool.com which can help you locate the proper location and orientation for your antenna. It’s one of the best tools I’ve found thus far for trying to compare analog to digital ranges from OTA sources. While taking a look around the web today, I came across the...