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Thanks.]]>May 21st 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/
I know how this can be.. I myself have been rather lucky lets say, in istalling cable cards in TVs.. But yet we still have a few that just dont go well..

One TV wouldnt let us install a cable card until the date was set on the TV..
]]>May 21st 2007 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2959&p=1

Anandtech's similar experience with Vista Media Center and CableCARD's, along with the requisite coterie of advisors that was apparently required to get the install working without significant problems. They also include a nice mini-review of Vista Media Center and, most important of all, lots of pretty pictures!!]]>May 21st 2007 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/May 21st 2007 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/
Just another reason to wait for cablecard 2.0 equipment.]]>May 22nd 2007 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/May 22nd 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/Comcast = good: they usually have their crap together, their technicians are for the most part knowledgable, and their cable infrastructure is robust and well maintained (like i said, for the most part)
Time Warner Cable in NYC = monkey copulating with a football: The knowledgebility of their technicians is spotty you have about a 1 in 2.5 chance of getting someone who knows how to do anything but check the signal level, scratch their heads and call the central office. Their infrastructure in NYC is HORRIBLE. I have just your standard HD tuner and it stutters all the time, drops the commercials on TNT (maybe a good thing...) resets itself about twice a week, constantly has no program info available on the EPG, and every week you have to perform a voodoo VOD dance to get VOD to work, or completely unplug the unit from the power source and reset it entirely. Also, never (and I mean NEVER) put the full guide on the screen when you are watching an HD channel as 79% of the time it locks the box up and gives you video garbage with audio. and this is just my personal experience, i have other horror stories from everyone in my neighborhood in brooklyn because TWC has the only service in the neighborhood and it sucks. No verizon DSL, No FIOS, No comcast, No cablevision.
Anyways, just wanted to shed some light on why your install was much smoother than the other one.
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