Your
options are
fairly limited when scouring the market for a twin-CableCARD HTPC, but thanks to a new partnership between Cannon PC and Microsoft, yet another rival will be jousting for your business. Here soon, the outfit will be offering its Home and Pro A/V series Media Center PCs with dual CableCARDs pre-installed, and if you're willing to wait a touch longer, a
quad-CableCARD model will also be available. Oh, and if that chassis above looks strangely familiar, that's because it is: Cannon has simply grabbed
OrigenAE's famed shell, painted it black and slapped its own logo up there (though we aren't complaining or anything). The pictured EX line is just one of the many families with the new functionality, so head on over to the company's website if you're interested in shelling out.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
palehorse @ May 29th 2008 12:28PM
OK, that thing is just rediculously hot...
DavidB @ May 29th 2008 3:13PM
It looks cool and all, but isn't CableCard just so last gen? Now if this support dual tru2way cards....
Mr. E @ May 29th 2008 3:35PM
As I understand it, the cable cards are going to be the same, it's just the OCAP layer built into devices that will enable the 2-way communications for tru2way. The TiVo Series 3 will require a tuning resolver since it doesn't have the OCAP component built in. I'd expect these sorts of devices will need the tuning resolver as well.
KilgoreTrout @ Jun 18th 2008 8:26PM
yep, this is insanely cool.
But I think this is not the kind of gadget that I´m gonna find in my easter egg.