CableCard for the masses!

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  • JustinGN
    Senior Member
    • May 2009
    • 105

    CableCard for the masses!

    Found this during my normal surfing the other day:

    New utility makes any computer's BIOS CableCARD ready
    by Ben Drawbaugh, posted May 6th 2009 at 1:37PM

    After learning that some were having success adding ATI Digital Cable Tuners to HTPC they built themselves, we knew it was only a matter of time before it would be possible to make it work on any computer, but we have to admit we never thought it would happen this fast. The Green Button forum member DanITman posted some directions and links to everything you need to make ANY Vista or Windows 7 computer support digital cable. The hack is very simple actually, it just uses a modified version of VistaLoader to emulate a Sony OCUR compliant computer's BIOS. The real beauty is that it can easily be installed or uninstalled and if Microsoft were to black list the Sony BIOS, emulating a different BIOS would be trivial. The only potentially unworkable caveat at this point is if you are using an Dell OEM Windows PC using the OEM key, this will break your activation, but hopefully a solution for that will be discovered shortly as well.
    EngadgetHD actually posted a guide for getting it all setup and working, and it seems that the DIY community now (unofficially) has CableCard support! Fantastic news for those of us in the states that want to record that HD Goodness, but without using the lossy Hauppauge HD-PVR box or a closed-environment solution (TiVo, MOXY, CableCo. DVR).
  • aud19
    Twin Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2003
    • 16706

    #2
    Now if only there was a solution for us Canucks....sighhhhh.
    Jason

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    • JustinGN
      Senior Member
      • May 2009
      • 105

      #3
      That depends on if you guys use ATSC/QAM like we do. Cable Channels, encrypted or not, come over a QAM signal that the CableCARD tuners can pick up. If your local Cable Company issues CableCARDs, then the workaround should work.

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