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    Boss Man David writing for Enquirer again

    once again, no holds barred......he's up for knocking it down

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13242

    go Dave, go

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    Excellent article, and I believe he's hit the nail on the head with parts of it - especially the tuner card stuff. While the price of digital TV PCI cards has come down, they're restricted to Freeview channels and that limits their utility in an HTPC environment. What's needed is a cable/digital tuner card that will allow the use of a Sky card (or in my case a Telewest cable card) via a smartcard reader - ditch the unsightly cable box completely and you've got more of a workable proposition. The dual tuner idea is excellent; it's been a bugbear of mine that in at least one important respect (watch and record different channels) digital/cable TV has been a retrograde step from terrestrial TV. It's a pretty basic function. I'd personally like something like an EPIA/Hush-type system in place of the unholy mishmash of DVD player, VHS recorder, cable box, coffee maker (OK, I made that up) that sits under the TV, but it desperately needs that kind of functionality, and you can't tell me there's not a market for such systems (especially w/DVD writers dropping in price like the proverbial rock).

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    Oh no!I've re-dorkalated! Jiff Lemon's Avatar
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    The biggest killer feature for HTPC software would be a flipping advert skipper! Record your fave programs and have the 5 minutes of adverts automatically removed!

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