REVIEW: Ceton InfiniTV 4 - Surprise! CableCARD is alive and awesome. Verdict: 9 (Kick Ass!)

DIY home-theater PC builders have waited a long time for a product like Ceton’s InfiniTV 4. Drop one of these cards in your machine, insert the multi-stream CableCARD you acquired from your digital cable–TV service provider, and use Windows Media Center to watch high-definition TV and record as many as four simultaneous high-definition streams—including encrypted premium content such as HBO and Showtime. Boom! Your PC is now a four-tuner DVR cum media server, and you can dump your service-provider’s lousy set-top box.

REVIEW: Ceton InfiniTV 4 Review

When it comes to watching cable television via the Ceton InfiniTV 4 everything just works ... When it comes to whether or not I would recommend the card, the answer is absolutely: yes! ... To put it simply, the Ceton InfiniTV 4 is Media Center paradise! I’ve never once been concerned about running out of tuners, and every channel that my cable company provides to me is viewable, even the premium channels in high definition.

REVIEW: Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner review

But every so often something totally different comes our way, something that does get us excited ... the new InfiniTV 4 from Ceton easily qualifies. We mean who wouldn't get excited about being able to record 4 HD shows at once and from any channel you want? This is especially true when you consider how difficult it's been for HTPC fans to record premium content until now. Well it seems that for HD loving HTPC fans, your time has finally come, now anyone can build there own DVR that can do things that no other DVR can ...