Niveus ships first Vista HTPC with CableCARD support -- we think

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walk2k @ Mar 22nd 2007 1:09PM

QAM (digital cable) is not a "new DRM scheme" it's been around for about 10 years, and CableCard for at least 5 years. Sorry to break it to you there chief.

Have to agree with the complaints on price though. Even the cheaper systems posted earlier clock in at $1700-2000. Why in the hell would anyone spend that when you can get a Tivo S3 for under $800?

Give me just enough CPU+RAM to do MPEG2 and AVC at 1920x1080/60p in a nice quiet HTPC case, with expandable HDD(s) for under 1 grand and I'm way sold.

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andy @ Mar 22nd 2007 1:35PM

Clear QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation)for use with digital cable is not new, and you don't need cable cards for that. You need cable cards for DRM encoded QAM signals. That's not all that new either. The point being the huge time difference between the foisting of the DRM system and the ability to use it, chief.

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