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Microsoft announces Media Center support for 4 CableCards

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Microsoft has announced that Windows Media Center machines will now be able to support up to 4 CableCards, allowing users to record 4 HDTV cable shows simultaneously. This from the company that for years wouldn't include support for more than 2 standard definition TV tuners.

As you would expect, a machine capable of recording 4 HDTV shows is not going to come cheap. Niveus and Exceptional Innovation are the first two companies to offer support for quadrupling your pleasure. Neither company is known for making entry level devices.

Niveus will make systems that can work with multiple external tuners, while Exceptional Innovation will make a monster machine like the one shown above with four internal slots. EI is showing off a sample at the CEDIA expo.

Microsoft also plans to announce new partners for its media center extenders at CEDIA tomorrow. Up until now, the Xbox 360 has been the only media extender device that works with Windows Vista. CEPro reports that Microsoft will show off two devices from new partners tomorrow. No word on who those partners are.

[via Brent Evans]

Exceptional Innovation announces Life|media server

Life|mediaExceptional Innovation, the company behind Life|ware home automation for Windows Media Center machines is launching its own PC line. Life|media servers will include home automation features to control your lights, security and heating and cooling system. But like any good media center PC, these high end machines are optimized for media.

With prices starting at $4,500, the media servers pack Intel Core 2 Duo or quad-core chips, up to 4GB of RAM, up to 4.5TB of HDD space in a RAID 5 array, support for CableCarrd, NTSC/ATSC tunors, and HD-DVD/Blu-Ray optical drives. There's also an optical audio out, an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card, a 28-in-1 card reader, and your usual assortment of HDMI, DVI, S-Video, composite, serial, USB 2.0, Firewire, and IR inputs and outputs.

[via Engadget]

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