Aaron Ledger

[Aaron Ledger]

Mikinho, regarding the up to 60 second time for the tuner to be available, you stated:

[quote=”Mikinho”]
Yes the ATI DCT has the same limitation.  It is required by OCUR tuners.
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What exactly is going on during this time? Is it waiting for some specific signal that gets broadcast periodically to know that it is authenticated? If that is the case, I guess there’s nothing Ceton can do to improve the response.

[Aaron Ledger]

I was told today that the 1st batch of 3000 is supposed to all ship by Sept. 30th. A new production run is scheduled to begin in October. Ordering now might get a unit from the initial production run, but don’t count on it. Based on this information, it’s probably safe to say that the Ceton tuner won’t be in stock on retailer shelves until late this year at the earliest.

[Aaron Ledger]

I was told today that the 1st batch of 3000 is supposed to all ship by Sept. 30th. A new production run is scheduled to begin in October. Ordering now might get a unit from the initial production run, but don’t count on it. Based on this information, it’s probably safe to say that the Ceton tuner won’t be in stock on retailer shelves until late this year at the earliest.

[Aaron Ledger]

[quote=”DBayPlaya2k3″]
That’s funny guess some people dont think. I would have though it was showing up as #2 since it’s your second NIC. Since the Ceton shows up more like a Network interface card your onboard nic would probally be NIC #1 and the Ceton would be Nic #2 at least that’s what i would think.
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Actually, Windows will create a #2 when you have already installed the card in one slot and then install the card into a 2nd slot, even if the first card is no longer installed. Windows actually has the device under the device manager as a hidden device. It makes some sense because this new device has a different hardware address in the new slot and it also means that if it is say a USB device, you don’t have to reinstall the driver everytime you plug the device in.

[Aaron Ledger]

[quote=”DBayPlaya2k3″]
That’s funny guess some people dont think. I would have though it was showing up as #2 since it’s your second NIC. Since the Ceton shows up more like a Network interface card your onboard nic would probally be NIC #1 and the Ceton would be Nic #2 at least that’s what i would think.
[/quote]

Actually, Windows will create a #2 when you have already installed the card in one slot and then install the card into a 2nd slot, even if the first card is no longer installed. Windows actually has the device under the device manager as a hidden device. It makes some sense because this new device has a different hardware address in the new slot and it also means that if it is say a USB device, you don’t have to reinstall the driver everytime you plug the device in.

[Aaron Ledger]

I don’t blame you… so it looks like the RF cable is run to the back of the board and there are two tuners there with a heat sink/and/or can. Then there is the daughterboard on top of it that looks like another two tuners so that they can depopulate that and sell the two tuner version.

[Aaron Ledger]

I don’t blame you… so it looks like the RF cable is run to the back of the board and there are two tuners there with a heat sink/and/or can. Then there is the daughterboard on top of it that looks like another two tuners so that they can depopulate that and sell the two tuner version.

[Aaron Ledger]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
I’ve updated the review with a photo gallery, I’ll be adding captions as time permits.  But if you have any questions please ask.
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Thanks for posting those. Judging by the 3 PCBs there, they could shave quite a bit of cost if they could pack a single board more densely.

[Aaron Ledger]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
I’ve updated the review with a photo gallery, I’ll be adding captions as time permits.  But if you have any questions please ask.
[/quote]

Thanks for posting those. Judging by the 3 PCBs there, they could shave quite a bit of cost if they could pack a single board more densely.

[Aaron Ledger]

Mikinho, In your part II review, would you mind posting some close-up shots detailing the boards and how they are put together?

[Aaron Ledger]

Mikinho, In your part II review, would you mind posting some close-up shots detailing the boards and how they are put together?

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