blogs.zdnet.com - 11/10/2008
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November 8th, 2008 DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7? Posted by Ed Bott @ 2:11 pm Categories: Digital media , Windows 7 , Media Center Tags: Media Center PC , Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. , DirecTV , Satellite , H.264 , Media Center PCs , Microsoft Windows , TVs , Tv & Home ...
news.cnet.com - 11/7/2008
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news.cnet.com —
LOS ANGELES--In a technical session on Thursday afternoon,
Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is...
planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's holiday buying season. In a presentation ...
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Microsoft aims Windows 7 for 2009 holiday season
gizmodo.com - 11/8/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Windows 7 is what Windows Vista should have
been, what we hoped it would be . The...
Batman Begins to Vista's Batman and Robin . While superficially both are kinda the same (Batman!), there's a completely different thought process at work. Our ...
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Giz Explains: Why Windows 7 Will Smash Vista [Giz Explains]
withinwindows.com - 11/6/2008
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withinwindows.com —
Also protected and swept under the carpet ,
in the Windows 7 PDC ‘08 build (6801), is...
the ability to configure touch-based panning and gesture options. This is a no-brainer as Microsoft already announced Windows 7 will feature Microsoft Surface ...
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Windows 7 to support new panning options, gestures
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DirecTV HD tuner debut with Windows 7?
D' Technology Weblog —
... satellite programming, including HD, and then view and manage it with the Media Center interface. A third party leaked scans of a product brochure, and some folks on the Fiji beta got paperwork that mentioned that name.
In January 2008, a product brochure appeared, and some people got invitations to test the new HDPC-20, and now in the pre-beta build 6801 of Windows 7 distributed at PDC a “signed driver for this device” is found.
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Will the DirecTV HDPC-20 Arrive at 2009's CES?
Gearlog —
... According to Ed's Blog on ZDNet, "H.264 support is a prerequisite for full satellite support, both here in the U.S. and overseas. The presence of a signed driver in this beta build suggests that DirecTV's hardware is ready to go--or at least ready to test. That's excellent news for digital media enthusiasts looking for an alternative to CableCARD tuners, which have a well-deserved reputation for being flaky and expensive. ...
Windows 7 includes a driver for the DirecTV HDCP-20 USB tuner
Engadget HD —
... Windows 7 includes a driver for the DirecTV HDCP-20 USB tuner originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
DirecTV Tuner Support in Windows 7
Zatz Not Funny! —
... After years of stringing Microsoft’s Media Center users along from XP Media Center to Vista Media Center to the much-less-then-expected Fiji, we’ve been promised a CableCARD-like DirecTV tuner. Fast forward to Ed Bott’s DirecTV HDCP-20 USB tuner driver discovery within a pre-release of ...
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