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05-22-2007, 06:54 AM
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So, how many people did it take to install my Vista CableCARD Media Center PC back west in SF?<br /><br />The answer is four, but had Microsoft not been there to supervise, it would have been one.<br /><br />You <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-1-fiasco/">read how Peter's install was</a>, well, less than ideal to say the least. Mine couldn't have gone better, though. Excepting the time it took for Microsoft to come in and set up the rig (which it's assumed you will have all done before your cable installer gets there), getting CableCARD DVR functionality took no more than 20 minutes, tops. Yeah, Microsoft was there to supervise my installation too, but in all reality they didn't need to be, considering what a breeze it was. Read on for the (comparatively brief) blow-by-blow of a CableCARD-enabled Vista PC install gone horribly, horribly right.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Installing a Vista CableCARD Media Center PC (part 2): Perfecto!</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/900718/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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So, how many people did it take to install my Vista CableCARD Media Center PC back west in SF?<br /><br />The answer is four, but had Microsoft not been there to supervise, it would have been one.<br /><br />You <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-1-fiasco/">read how Peter's install was</a>, well, less than ideal to say the least. Mine couldn't have gone better, though. Excepting the time it took for Microsoft to come in and set up the rig (which it's assumed you will have all done before your cable installer gets there), getting CableCARD DVR functionality took no more than 20 minutes, tops. Yeah, Microsoft was there to supervise my installation too, but in all reality they didn't need to be, considering what a breeze it was. Read on for the (comparatively brief) blow-by-blow of a CableCARD-enabled Vista PC install gone horribly, horribly right.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Installing a Vista CableCARD Media Center PC (part 2): Perfecto!</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/900718/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/installing-a-vista-cablecard-media-center-pc-part-2-perfecto/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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