CableCARD for Non OEMs

By ryan.tollefson - Posted on September 10th, 2009

Great news for Media Center fans! Yesterday Microsoft announced that it will be opening up the CableCARDⁱ system so that anyone can add a CableCARD tuner to their Windows 7 system. While this isn't everything that we want from Media Center, it has renewed my excitement for the platform.

There are still questions about how exactly this will work, and what the system requirements will be to use a CableCARD tuner (MS stated that there will be a validation tool that needs to be run to ensure the computer can handle a CableCARD tuner), but this is a huge step in the right direction. As we get closer to the Windows 7 release date, we will have more details about how exactly this will work. Media Center Guides will also have a guide as soon as possible for how to implement this on your system.

For the full press release that Microsoft gave, please check here: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-09-2009/0005091086&EDATE

Thanks for your valuable

Submitted by Anonymous on December 22, 2009 - 12:49am.

Thanks for your valuable information.It will be useful to every one if microsoft opens a cable cardⁱ system with windows7.

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