The only thing better than an HTPC with a CableCARD tuner is multiple HTPCs with multiple CableCARD tuners. Niether are exactly inexpensive, so it makes sense that you'd want to somehow share the love between PCs. Now while all CableCARD tuners for Media Center are technically network tuners, actually connecting to another PC via the network wasn't possible in the old CableLabs spec. Of course specs don't deliver by themselves, and now Ceton's stab at tuner sharing is officially available in the way of a Network Tuner setup Media Center plug-in. Once you upgrade the firmware of your InfiniTV 4 and install the app, you can launch it from within Media Center and easily configure which tuners will be used locally and which will be used remotely. Then you re-run the wizard on the remote PC and record away. Of course it is a bit more involved than that and still isn't the dynamic tuner pool that many long for, but click on through to learn why.
Continue reading Sharing your InfiniTV 4 over the network is now a wizard away
Sharing your InfiniTV 4 over the network is now a wizard away originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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