Latest Ceton InfiniTV 4 Info Thread - Page 2

Are there any other syncing software that does the transferring automatically? Something like Synctoy but it's not automatic.

I use SecondCopy 8 which can be set to monitor a folder for changes and copy them to another destination. It can also be used on a schedule and various copy methods such as copy, sync, and exact copy. However, I don't use it for what you are trying to achieve.

Didn't see this posted elsewhere.

http://cetoncorp.com/press/?p=520

$100 instant rebate on the Infinitv 4 starting today through 6/30. Doesn't appear that any of the authorized retailers have updated the product pages yet to reflect this though.

I jumped the gun and bought this Saturday night from buy.com for $264, went up the $285 currently. Didn't realize they weren't an authorized retailer, but oh well hopefully no issues.

Time to cancel that HDhomerun Prime pre-order...

Sounds like they did things in a way so Amazon does not have to price protect all those units that were sold in the last 30 days.

I'm a little confused here...

If I record something in WMC using the Ceton card on HTPC 1, can I then watch that recording on HTPC 2?

Maybe...it is up to the content owner (studio) and content provider (cable co) if you are allowed to do so. If the show is marked copy once, you cannot do it, since you already copied it to your hard drive once (when you recorded it the first time). If it is copy freely then you can.

The ceton card is irrelevant...it simply copies whatever it is told wrt the permissions. I can say that almost everything I record on Verizon FiOS is copy freely. I only ran into a few shows that were copy never..the NFL. Pissed me off, since copy never means I cannot DVR them. I shifted to the standard definition digital channel version instead of high def and could record it.

Why does it need to copy a 2nd time? Can't it just play the file remotely from a shared drive?

Can we use one computer to perform the same "Multi-Room DVR" function that Fios offers without the limitations of Fios DVR?

I considered Tivo but after reading Tivo community sites, they quickly talked me out of that idea.

This is where a WHS comes unhandy. WMC will see it and auto put your recordings there, and all my media centers see all the recordings. Works like a charm. Just having them in a home group let them see each others recordings.

So far,have never un into that. Even with hd pay material. Game of thrones recorded in my living room plays fine in the bedroom. Maybe it will happen with something but hasn't yet.

Another media center. My living room has one ceton, the bedroom the other. I have yet to run no anything that didn't play on both.

No, so far no. They just play, no warnings or anything. Then again I haven't had any trouble using mcconveter to change my episodes of The Borgias or Game of Thrones to MKV either. Maybe my provider isn't flagging right.

That's awesome sauce for you...man, I WISH my provider didn't flag everything on the non-network stations...can be a pain in the @ss sometimes.

I think I've got a pretty good system down now though - 1 x Ceton card in my livingroom HTPC and 1 x AverMedia (cheapo that a had lying around) QAM tuner in my great room HTPC...a single 2TB drive in each. I share one of the four tuners up to my great room PC and record all of my network shows there using the shared tuner + AverMedia one. Since we do most of our TV watching in the livingroom, I record the copy protected shows there. I also have an Xbox in the workout area as an extender for when I'm on the treadmill.

Been waiting for a price drop on the InfiniTV 4. Now that it's here it's time to get started ordering parts and build this thing.

Can Ceton work with dish network? Are most of the shows in dish network copy protected?

I love my Ceton card and their support is actually really good...I've been dealing with some video pixelation and they wrote me a custom firmware to capture certain info they need to help out.

As for the PC, if you don't already have your parts scoped out, I really like the Shuttle XPC SH55-J2-BK-V1...I have 2 of these, each with an i3-550 proc in them and they're great so far. Just a thought.

No, no satellite providers.
It'll only work with a provider that uses CableCard (cable providers, FIOS...)

CFC

What about comcast?

It does work with Comcast. Now if only Micro Center would update their pricing to reflect the $100 instant rebate, I will be a whole 15 minutes from the store in NJ tomorrow for work and I could buy one right there.