DirecTV + Microsoft = BTV compatible tuners?

[Sato]

Remember back in January when DTV announced a deal with MS to get DTV onto MS Media Centers? (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...IRECTVPR.mspx).

Will we see DTV (HD) tuner cards that--while compatible with MS Media Centers--ya think BTV will have access to this hardware as well?

I'd hate to stop being a BTV user if MS makes Satellite HD Media Center only!

[rdb4133]

I would love to see that work with BeyondTV, any idea when they are being released?

[Sato]

Originally Posted by rdb4133

I would love to see that work with BeyondTV, any idea when they are being released?

That's what I wanna know. I have to assume any new DTV/MS/HD hardware would make sense to release post-Vista though. Which basically puts us in Q1 2007, after the CES, maybe we'll see something there.