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Jordan @ Dec 31st 2008 1:09PM

Darren,

Thank you for posting my question. It is my understanding that even if you do purchase a CableCard tuner, you have to have a OEM computer with a specific BIOS to use it, as others commented in the Cannon PC post. Is that not true?

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Nate @ Dec 31st 2008 1:14PM

This is correct. CableCARD tuners will only work when coupled with a Cablelabs licensed OEM system - HP (9400/5100 series) and Dell (420 series) are the lower end of these OEMs in terms of price/features.

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