Ok, I am confused now.

I know that the operating system must be certified, so Vista is ok.

Now for the confusing part. Some people told me that the PC got certified, e.g Sony send there Vista Media Center PC off for certification and once thats done it will work. Other people told me that the individual components must be certified, e.g the Video card must be certified.

There is a lot of concern from DIY Media Center builders and small OEMS that they will get pushed out of the Media Center building market as they can’t or if they could its to expensive to get certified.

 

My guess is that there will be a minimum specification for cable card to work, eg Vista, the certified graphics card from ATI etc and then the certified cable card unit

 

Some OEM’s told be that they are cable card ready, and once the spec is ready they will put out cards for there PC’s

 

“According to my contacts at ATI, the OCUR device will be included as part of a “kit” that will be the box and a new PC. The PC is not certified by CableLabs in any way, instead MS publishes a minimum system configuration and the system has to meet these specs in order to be sold with the OCUR device. The OCUR device itself is the only thing that is actually certified by CableLabs.“