Vista Media Center Plus CableCard Equals No TV

notthatwillsmith writes "ATI's internal CableCard readers are finally available, and Maximum PC got hands-on time with a couple of Vista-powered systems built using the FCC-mandated technology. The short version? It doesn't work. From the article: 'The tech told me he'd receive training direct from Microsoft, but none of it covered internal tuners. We both agreed that the process should be the same, since the only difference is that the slots are inside the case, versus in an external box. The tech then proceeds to install the CableCards, connect the tuners to coax line, fire up the PC, and begin the software configuration. This step involves activating the TV Wonder with a product-activation code, and calling the Comcast office to exchange some information. We should have had a picture at this point, but we didn't.'"

Comments

Stop the presses!

[gentimjs]

Wait, something in Windows ... gasp ... doesnt work!?!

Say it aint so!!

Re:Stop the presses!

[Drooling Iguana]

Then I'd suggest you update your system and stop running RedHat 6.1.

Re:Stop the presses!

[dedazo]

Task: Make a SanDisk multi card reader work under Linux and Windows. Same machine dual-booting between XP Pro SP2 and Fedora Core 6.

Fedora:

• Boot and login
• Plug card reader in
• Nothing happens (duh)
• Fuck around with Google searches, useless mailing list posts, udev, mount and CONFIG_SCSI_* and CONFIG_USB_* flags for three hours
• Some more of the above
• Finally for some reason, it worked, except that the next time I booted it was gone again (duh)
• And some more of the above
• Done

I figure I should have stopped the presses after #3 here. Your thoughts?

Windows:

• Boot and login
• Plug card reader in
• Wait a few seconds
• A nice little balloon that says "your hardware is ready" appears in the taskbar
• Done.