Re: Review: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner – Part I

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August 6, 2010 at 12:55 pm #234
phoneguyinpgh

    @ Mikinho…
    I am VERY interested in how that card perfroms in WHS.  If it is not functional in V1, oh well, I was planning to upgrade to V2 “Vail” when it goes to release.  I want to be able to share the tuners between computers.  I only have 2 dedicated HTPCs though all my computers including my laptop and desktop are running W7 Home Premium x64.

    So….
    My ideal set up:  To have the tuners centrally located in my network (1Gb wired), either hosted on my WHS or the Silicon Dust unit and my HTPCs would access them as needed.  I have already set up my HTPCs so that they record OTA shows and once finished transfer them to a central directory on the WHS so that any computer can watch recorded TV (something I can’t do now with FIOS’s DVR).  This would also would give me virtually unlimited recording and archival space (something the FIOS DVRs 160GB HD can’t do and it’s not upgradeable).

    Buying 2 Centon cards (1 for each HTPC) would be over kill for my purposes.  I know the Centon was planning on producing 2 tuner unit, but since 3 or 4 tuners would meet my needs, why rent 2 or more cable cards when 1 for 1 tuner card would be ideal.

    So I am very very very interested in info on possible tuner sharing from a central system.