Floppyhead – Digital Media and Streaming

About 2 months ago, I finally received a Ceton digital cable tuner card.  I used to own an ATI DCT but Verizon updated some Fios security setting  rendering that tuner card useless.  Since ATI no longer supports their DCT, I was out of luck until my Ceton Card arrived in November.

Everything was great with with the Ceton card until yesterday.  Installation was a snap, since my CableCard had already been activated.  Overall, I have been very pleased with my purchase.  Yesterday, however, was the first glitch with the card.

As it turns out, I was not able to record the Super Bowl.  Luckily I was actually watching the game so it ended up not being a big deal. Heading over to thegreenbutton.com, it seemed I was not the only with the problem.  Apparently, the latest version of the firmware for the Ceton tuner has issues reading some of the “broadcast flags.” For now, the only solution is to request the beta firmware, which I just did about 5 minutes ago.  Hopefully, this fixes the issue.