For more than a year enthusiasts in the Home Theater PC (HTPC) community have known Ceton as the Kirkland, WA company that delivered the first true PCIe, and until recently only, Digital Cable Tuner (DCT) available on the market. Discontent to sit out the recent, relative glut of CableCARD devices and form factors they have introduced a new external USB […]
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Compared to just a few weeks ago, it is a great time to be in the market for a Digital Cable Tuner (DCT). We just took a look at devices from SiliconDust and Hauppauge and now it is Ceton’s turn because their newest tuner, the $299 InfiniTV 4 USB, arrived this afternoon. Obviously we have not had much time to […]
Read moreJust a quick note: Ceton has released a new driver and firmware today for the InfiniTV. I have been using them for about a week and have not encountered any issues.
Read moreCeton has just let us know that the InfiniTV 4 USB model we saw at CES has passed CableLabs certification. Sure enough, the latest CableLabs certification list includes a new entry from Ceton with the model number 5102-DCT04EX. It seems likely that retail availability is close at hand and we wouldn’t be surprised to see the InfiniTV 6 making its […]
Read moreFor our MythTV users (I’ve got a system running myself) check out this three part blog on adding Ceton InfiniTV support to your MythTV 0.24 system courtesy of developer Ron Frazier. With the pending release of the SiliconDust HD Homerun Prime, I was getting pretty excited about getting a cablecard tuner for MythTV. However, then something wonderful happened…Ceton decided to drop the […]
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We’ve been curious about the sudden slew of retailers popping up over the weekend offering aggressive pricing on InfiniTV 4 digital cable tuners. Ceton has just answered our questions with a press release detailing their new authorized retail partners including D&H Distributing, Micro Center, the Microsoft Store, Newegg and Velocity Micro. The big reductions in price from new retailers can be explained […]
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One of our most popular guides in the past several months has been Michael Welter’s guide and tool for configuring the InfiniTV for use by multiple PCs. Now, Ceton has released the InfiniTV Network Tuner Wizard to provide an easy way to configure and officially support the InfiniTV when used by multiple PCs. We’ve had the opportunity to use the […]
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* * * Disclaimer * * * I do NOT recommend using the DCA override other than the circumstances listed below. The following files and instructions are provided to you at your OWN RISK!! Understand that it is circumventing a quality assurance test. That being said, if you do have a problem, we have a fantastic community here to help […]
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Christmas came early this year, at least for those of us eagerly awaiting Ceton’s once fabled InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner. The Ceton InfiniTV 4 arrived at my home yesterday (Wednesday, August 4th) a little after lunch. I knew it was coming so I planned ahead and decided to head home for a late lunch. My plan was to take […]
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