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New CableCARD diagnostic tool for Windows Media Center makes installation slightly less frustrating
Let's be honest, getting a CableCARD to work with Windows Media Center is far, far, far from a smooth process. Thankfully, the Media Center Integrator Alliance -- this sort of the things is its bag, naturally -- are set to show off a Digital Cable Tuner Diagnostics tool at next week's Electronic House Expo. It'll provide all kinds of information on your tuner and CableCARD, including modulation type, format, frequency, carrier, PCR Lock, encoding level, and authorization -- and if all that goes way over your head, there's an option to export the data to XML and send it to someone who can help. No word on when we'll see an official release, but no matter what, it won't be soon enough.
EHX Fall moving in with CES, fight over top bunk begins in 2010
While Electronic House Expo Fall 2008 is still scheduled for November 4-7, the custom/high end AV show is skipping the '09 edition for a slight delay before beginning a 10-year run as part of CES. Attendees can look for EHX @ CES inside the Sands Expo and Convention Center (it's where you'll be for the other show that happens every year in Vegas that week.) Upset by all this change? We understand, it could take a moment, keep in mind the CEDIA Expo is shifting from Denver to Atlanta next year, while EHX Spring remains in Orlando. Will this fulfill its intended goals of widening the gap from CEDIA to EHX and bringing back custom installers to check out CES? Hard to say this far out, but it's a safe bet we'll be there.[Via CEPro]
