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Re: Couldn't find one said by mindfrost82:I know I have a TV that supports CableCARDs. I was interested at first back when I had Comcast, but I couldn't find a place to get one at. I called them and they said they didn't have any. I tried electronic stores and they didn't have any. Now I have a dish and I don't think its an option with a dish. From my understanding, the deal with tv manufacturers not having them included is they are waiting for the next generation, since the first generation of the cards receives information only, and doesn't send information back to the cable company(for on-demand, pay per view, etc. to work).
Late this year or early next year, if I remember correctly, the two way format of the cablecard will be made available built into tv's. | | |
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1 edit | said by apollo80:Late this year or early next year, if I remember correctly, the two way format of the cablecard will be made available built into tv's. The cards out there now are 2 way compatible. The cards themselves have no transmit/receive functionality. They just provide channel data and services to the host device. The host devices needs to have a transmitter in it to be 2 way capable.
The CableCARD 2.0 standard is someone of a misnomer because all it means is that in order for a host device to be certified, it has to be 2-way capable and support all three transmission "languages". It also includes multistream cards which allow one card to tune multiple channels. See the CableCard primer (see the bottom about 2-way communication).
Any company could make a 2-way capable device today if they want. It would be much more expensive though since there are 3 different transmission standards, depending on which cable system you are in, and the device would have to support all 3 in order to work everywhere.
The whole thing is probably moot though since the cable companies seem hell bent to CableCards die and go with a different incompatible system such as DCAS.
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