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On the scene at EHX Spring 2009
All the economic woes won't stop the custom integrator market from getting together at the Electronic Home Expo in Orlando this past week, but it sure did slow it down. We spent the first day of the show scouring the floor for cool new stuff and overall came away disappointed. The show was much, much smaller this year and the demos in Demo Alley weren't that impressive either. There were a few gems though, so we went ahead and snapped a few pictures which are included in a gallery below. A few of the highlights were a first hand look at The Media Center University, a few new ways to run wires to our HDTVs, and an up close look at the new MX-6000 from Universal Remote Control.
CableCARD diagnostic tool gets previewed at Media Center University
Say hello to some of the first screens from the Digital Cable Tuner Diagnostics (DCTD) tool, courtesy of CE Pro, who got a peek as it was shown off during the Media Center University currently underway at EHX Spring. It can check individual channel strength, whether you're properly paired and provisioned with the cable company and that you've been set up with all the channels you're paying for. The bad news is you probably won't be doing any of this, unless the software leaks or something changes, since it's only going to be available for the ($500 membership fee required) Media Center Integrator Alliance. For those who've dropped coin on a high end custom media center installation, it should cut the time and heartache installed significantly, but detailed help for the rest of us is in another castle.
