Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today

Published by Tech Pundit | Filed under Gadgets & Tech, Windows | November 6th, 2009

Scant hours after the SDV tuning, DRM-relaxing firmware update for Vista and Windows 7 Digital Cable Tuner users became available, Missing Remote let us know Microsoft has come through on the other half of its CEDIA promise by pushing the Digital Cable Advisor to Media Center Extras galleries everywhere. This half should enable all Windows 7 PCs to work with the CableCard tuners, sans-OEM requirement or inconvenient hacking . Sure we could ask for more from Windows 7 Media Center, but for now Netflix and these two (in less than 100 days) will have to do.

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Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today