Andrew Van Til

[Andrew Van Til]

A firmware update was released tonight that addresses the multi-channel PCM issue.  Non Dobly/DTS multi-channel formats are output as multi-channel PCM now.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
Well the native 7MC drivers are still limited to a single HD-PVR (that is being worked on)
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Wow – that’s lame.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”Mikinho”]
Well the native 7MC drivers are still limited to a single HD-PVR (that is being worked on)
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Wow – that’s lame.

[Andrew Van Til]

You might want to try the USB->Serial channel changer for DTV.  I think the Hauppauge added support for external dlls in the 7MC driver.

[Andrew Van Til]

You might want to try the USB->Serial channel changer for DTV.  I think the Hauppauge added support for external dlls in the 7MC driver.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”bbig119″]
Is the $150 a pre-order special or is that going to be the normal price?
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AFAIK it’s the the normal price.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”bbig119″]
Is the $150 a pre-order special or is that going to be the normal price?
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AFAIK it’s the the normal price.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”autoboy”]
The Video card will not affect the UI experience.  The amount of video RAM will have no effect on the video playback capabilities.
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Once you get beyond a certain level that is true, but at the lower end the playback experience is related to GPU performance and video RAM speed.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”autoboy”]
The Video card will not affect the UI experience.  The amount of video RAM will have no effect on the video playback capabilities.
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Once you get beyond a certain level that is true, but at the lower end the playback experience is related to GPU performance and video RAM speed.

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[quote=”autoboy”]
and the lack of a front USB port. 
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I’m glad they didn’t mar the front with USB ports. 

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”autoboy”]
and the lack of a front USB port. 
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I’m glad they didn’t mar the front with USB ports. 

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[quote=”xjboonie”]
Ok – pressing one of the media keys woke it up. But a new problem: the LAN connection is disconnected when it wakesup and won’t reconnect. I can’t even open it’s properties w/o a reboot.

Thoughts?
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If the NIC doesn’t resume properly it’s a driver issue – make sure you’re running the latest.

Is it an integrated NIC?  If not, some motherboards have an option in BIOS to reinitialize PCI devices when on resume, if the driver update does work that’s an option too.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”xjboonie”]
Ok – pressing one of the media keys woke it up. But a new problem: the LAN connection is disconnected when it wakesup and won’t reconnect. I can’t even open it’s properties w/o a reboot.

Thoughts?
[/quote]

If the NIC doesn’t resume properly it’s a driver issue – make sure you’re running the latest.

Is it an integrated NIC?  If not, some motherboards have an option in BIOS to reinitialize PCI devices when on resume, if the driver update does work that’s an option too.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”Naylia”]
Yes, but you already have the plugin community providing full Netflix and Hulu support via PlayOn. Which while not perfect, solves most people’s needs. Although integrated Netflix support would be great.

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Personally I think Netflix would be a big win for them.  While it’s true that there are workarounds, I don’t use them because they aren’t as good as the client built into 7MC or other CE devices.  That said, I don’t think they’d need a PlayReady license to do Netflix on the PC (how hard would it be to wrap Silverlight?), so I’m hoping for native support on extenders.

CableCard, and any other tuners that come which require PlayReady on the PC, is of course the biggest target I think, but like autoboy mentioned I don’t think the HD200 (which uses Sigma’s 8635 – i.e. the one w/ less DRM) can support it (I don’t think PlayReady is required for non-PC support of the content) but who knows, maybe it is just for Netflix or some other purpose.

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”Naylia”]
Yes, but you already have the plugin community providing full Netflix and Hulu support via PlayOn. Which while not perfect, solves most people’s needs. Although integrated Netflix support would be great.

[/quote]

Personally I think Netflix would be a big win for them.  While it’s true that there are workarounds, I don’t use them because they aren’t as good as the client built into 7MC or other CE devices.  That said, I don’t think they’d need a PlayReady license to do Netflix on the PC (how hard would it be to wrap Silverlight?), so I’m hoping for native support on extenders.

CableCard, and any other tuners that come which require PlayReady on the PC, is of course the biggest target I think, but like autoboy mentioned I don’t think the HD200 (which uses Sigma’s 8635 – i.e. the one w/ less DRM) can support it (I don’t think PlayReady is required for non-PC support of the content) but who knows, maybe it is just for Netflix or some other purpose.

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