Cisco Tuning Adapter Firmware Updated

Sometime in the last 24 hours my Cisco STA1520 Tuning Adapter was updated to the latest firmware. We knew the firmware existed and was out in the wild thanks to Ben Drawbaugh over at Engadget HD but there was no specific release date. Well I finally got my update. For those that do not know I live near Charlotte, NC and I have Time Warner Cable.

It definitely was not an elegant notification on the update though. I read that Ceton had updated the InfiniTV-4 firmware and drivers so I did the update. Everything seemed to be working fine until I woke up this morning. I had an SDV issue with one of my recordings. I checked the Ceton diagnostic web page for my tuners and saw that my tuning adapters were not working properly. I then checked the firmware of the SDV adapters through the CETON diagnostic screens and sure enough the tuning adapters had been updated.

Ceton Tuner has landed

I finally got my Ceton tuner this morning.  I bought it through the Bid$Buy deal I posted on the other day.  The tuner actually shipped this past Monday and was [attempted] delivered on Tuesday but I was out of town all week with the family.  So I picked it up this morning from the FedEx Ground shipping hub where it was being held.

I am going to do a separate post on the installation with pictures but so far so good.  The install was smooth and I was up in running in no time.  I will have more impressions / comparisons in a future post as well.

Ceton Tuner for $282

I just saw this on the Missing Remote (HERE).  I hope this is legit.  I took a chance on it so we’ll see.  As of this writing they had 247 left.

It’s being sold by a company named Bid$Buy through their eBay store.  Their ratings are all 5 stars.

Here is the direct link: Ceton Tuner for $282.

I’ll let you know what happens.

Ceton Tuner now sold by Amazon

The Ceton tuner has come a long way.  It looks like the long 3 month wait between ordering and actually getting your tuner is over.  The tuner is now being sold by Amazon which means that most people will save some money by not having to pay tax.  Also if you are an Amazon Prime member you can get the tuner in 2 days!

Amazon Link

Video of Blu Ray’s in Media Center

Here is a pretty good video of playing Blu Ray movies in Media Center using Total Media Theater 5. Click on the link to check it out.

MyMovies 3 / Total Media Theater 5 / 7 MC Demo

I have Total Media Theater 5 on my home built HTPC and will be discussing it in my upcoming series on building an HTPC.