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AMD/ATI had the TV WONDER Digital Cable Tuner on display at CES. The OCUR device comes in an external version (pictured), about the size of cable modem and an internal version for OEM use. Sony will be using the internal version in their XL3 MCE while Dell will be using the external. Both versions connect via USB 2.0. Reps from ATI/AMD said that the tuner will be shipping with Dell’s Home Media Suite — Foundation System starting Jan 30th (public release of Vista) and would be available also as a standalone upgrade as well. There was no mention that the box you connect the tuners to need to be CableLabs certified as reported previously, which means good news for us that build our own MCE’s (I’m hoping this is true). The TV WONDER Digital Cable Tuner is in productions right now but no firm pricing has been released yet. Rumors indicate they will be in the $250-$299 (each) range. Up to two tuners can be connected to a Vista MCE, so you can record and watch up to two channels at once. The tuner is uni-directional so onDemand content will not work.
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1 2 3 Next »Wow, those look bad ass.
Wow, those look bad ass.
Anything from Nvidia at CES? I'm a bit surprised that ATI showed this and Nvidia did nothing. To be honest, I got so fed up with ATI's ridiculously/constantly broken drivers that I have given up on them... It is very encouraging to see this external unit though, hope for us to roll our own PCs!
Anything from Nvidia at CES? I'm a bit surprised that ATI showed this and Nvidia did nothing. To be honest, I got so fed up with ATI's ridiculously/constantly broken drivers that I have given up on them... It is very encouraging to see this external unit though, hope for us to roll our own PCs!
Jerry,
Nvidia does not have any OCUR based devices. For that matter, no other company has an OCUR based device. ATI/AMD is the first, however, when I spoke to ATI/AMD reps, they said anyone can make them, the spec is available to any company.
Guess we'll start seeing more...
Danny
Jerry,
Nvidia does not have any OCUR based devices. For that matter, no other company has an OCUR based device. ATI/AMD is the first, however, when I spoke to ATI/AMD reps, they said anyone can make them, the spec is available to any company.
Guess we'll start seeing more...
Danny
Did you see the Niveus setup? Where they using ATI's? The pics i have seen of it look totally different, but it might just be re-shelled or something. Either way, it sure looks like a new PC is necessary if you want cable-card in the near-term. The Niveus stuff looks nice, but of course, expensive, and probably not terribly DIY upgradeable...
Good in-depth Niveus link:
http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/16823.html
Did you see the Niveus setup? Where they using ATI's? The pics i have seen of it look totally different, but it might just be re-shelled or something. Either way, it sure looks like a new PC is necessary if you want cable-card in the near-term. The Niveus stuff looks nice, but of course, expensive, and probably not terribly DIY upgradeable...
Good in-depth Niveus link:
http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/16823.html
I'm a little behind the curve with this whole CABLE Card thing.. Are these only valid for Cable (Comcast, and the like) and not Satellite?
I'm a little behind the curve with this whole CABLE Card thing.. Are these only valid for Cable (Comcast, and the like) and not Satellite?