http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/ Engadget Comments for Okoro's ultraslim SX100 HTPC updated with quad CableCARD support http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
A quad CableCARD tuner is $400 by itself so I'm not sure where you are going to get the rest for $100.]]>Jul 24th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/It may not *need* a video card, but I expect it does.

If not, it should - Intel's GMA isn't great for HTPC's.

You also didn't think about motherboard, RAM, case, W7 licence.

I'm not saying it's a bargain - it's not. But it's just not as much of a ripoff as you're making out.]]>Jul 24th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
I'm not going to sit here and make a parts list, but considering retail prices, it'd be about $1200 to build this on your own, OS and all. Okoro isn't paying retail for this stuff, so imagine their costs. Its probably costing them $800-850, and they sell it for $1700. They could have easily sold this for $1299.]]>Jul 24th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Except the i3 530 doesn't use Intel GMA. It uses the new Intel HD Graphics processor built onto the same chip as the 530 itself. It does video acceleration and HD audio bitstreaming. Which, in fact, makes it perfect for HTPC scenarios. (http://www.anandtech.com/show/2921/3) As a matter of fact, I'm running this setup on a box I built just recently, and it's been able to handle 1080p decoding from blu-rays just fine.

Granted, the product spec lists the Intel X4500HD from the G45 chipset, which doesn't make any sense. I suspect that's just a copy/paste snafu by someone over at Okoro.

You still can't play any games with Intel HD graphics, but that does not appear to be a supported scenario on this machine anyway. There's no half-height discrete GPU that would make a good gaming GPU, so it's better not to waste money on that in the first place.

This long-winded post is to say that I agree with SikSlayer and kreg37. They are charging an enourmous premium.]]>Jul 24th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 25th 2010 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 25th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Hell though - it is has only been 15 years since that mandate to fix this crap.
magic of the free-markets and all I suppose.]]>Jul 24th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
I believe that the whole point of the CableCARD tuner is to allow you to receive encrypted channels, unlike the majority of tuners that will only receive ClearQAM/unencrypted broadcasts.]]>Jul 24th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
I'm unclear as to what you think you aren't getting?]]>Jul 24th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Well - aside from the dozen or more on-demand channels I get (not including pay movies)...
I also don't think these cable cards can tune Switched Digital Video.
Or do I have that wrong?]]>Jul 24th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
No CC can tune SDV content. They need a crappy tuning adapter cable box plugged in.]]>Jul 24th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/I'm still waiting for it in my area..]]>Jul 24th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Knowing Ceton, it will keep delay and delay. And then it'd send you an electronic mail saying the problem was not its fault but the supply-chain's. Before long, HDHomerun will probably release the networked, 3-tuner CableCARD version. I suspect we'll have to wait until Santa comes along and drops one for each of us. I am not holding my breath for it to come out before September.]]>Jul 24th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/- True. Has that company ever even delivered a product?

"HDHomerun will probably release the networked, 3-tuner CableCARD version. I suspect we'll have to wait until Santa comes along and drops one for each of us. I am not holding my breath for it to come out before September."
- I don't know what it is about CableCARD products that makes them take forever to drop. I've been waiting for the HDHomerun unit to hit the market myself, it would solve a LOT of my home theater/media center issues in one fell swoop. Unfortunately at the rate they're going I'd be surprised if it ever sees a store shelf. *sigh*]]>Jul 24th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
It's just a Silverstone case anyway. Nothing proprietary happening here.]]>Jul 24th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 24th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Lascala LC19

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=lc19&area=usa]]>Jul 24th 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/
Has this been addressed yet?]]>Jul 24th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/Jul 25th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/24/okoros-ultraslim-sx100-htpc-updated-with-quad-cablecard-support/2nd problem is SageTV DOSE NOT support Cablecard as far I know of and if did it most like be in SageTV 7 not 6.5.
Ho may god a Snapstream Firefly remote control there is a better option that a SageTV Remote with the USB-UIRT.
But I perf SageTV Server which is steaming to 4 SageTV Media Extender and 2 PC SageTV Client]]>Jul 25th 2010 12:49PM