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It's pretty huge, I think I'll wait a year until the internal version comes out (if there will be such a thing).

Glad cable card is getting used at least, the compatibility is horrendous thanks to cable companies being slow about it. Thanks to Tivo and this tuner hopefully it'll get a lot better.]]>Mar 16th 2007 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/
"Streaming live and recorded TV to your Xbox 360 works flawlessly, as expected." ]]>Mar 16th 2007 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/
And with no pricing info, no idea when it will be available, not much to go on.

And the external cable card modules are horrifying. If it doesn't install in a drive slot or something, I'm not buying.

And they don't discuss any of the DRM issues. Personally, my MCE box isn't hooked up to a TV, and if I can't export my videos to a Tivo or an iPod, its not much use to me.

Obvious questions they didn't answer:
- Does this system restrict non-cable card recorded content any more than an XP MCE machine does?
- Can you play cable-card recorded content with WMP, or only inside MCE? Would allow you to do other things with your PC while watching, and provide a possible way around the DRM...
- Does it support multi-stream cable cards?
- Will it be upgradable to multi-stream cable cards, or 2-way cable cards, or OCAP?
- Does it have multiple tuners, i.e. HD, QAM, RF, cablecard? If not, can they be added after the fact? How many can be active at once? Does it have an integrated channel guide for all of the above? Can it prioritize recordings on non-DRMed inputs over others?
- Can you export video to the Zune?]]>Mar 16th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Mar 16th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/
Stand up for your cable rights, visit http://www.eff.org.]]>Mar 19th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/
HTPCs will win the battle for the high-end as they provide the best mix of features when compared to the DVR offerings from the cable companies. But average Joe's will choose the cable DVR because it doesn't have the upfront expense or installation difficulties.

Over the long run, HTPCs will win everything because they'll always be ahead of the cable companies proprietary systems (streaming, integration with non-tv-based content, unlimited storage capability...) but it will take another 4-6 years before the market fleshes out.]]>Jun 9th 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/Jun 9th 2007 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/dell-xps-410-with-cablecard-and-blu-ray-p-reviewed/
http://www.britec.co.uk
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