Parts are in

I finally have everything I need to start the project!

To recap, this is

1.) A Windows 7 PC (using one I already have)

2.) An InfiniTV4, fresh from Amazon:

3.) A CableCard.

 

I got this one by ordering it on my Time Warner account's webpage. It came in the mail about a week after I ordered it.

4.) A tuning adapter

This thing was supposed to come with the CableCARD in the mail, but it didn't. So, I drove over to the Time Warner Cable office and asked for one. They were super helpful, and I was out of there in under 5 minutes with it. I wish I had just gotten the cable card this way as well, it would have been a lot faster.

TIP: Tell the service people you are setting up a TiVO. It requires the same hardware (CableCARD, tuning adapter). They are much more familiar with that use case.