DaveDude
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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Re: Couldn't find one
said by MysticGogeta  :I'm not realy sure if my cable comapny would allow it (TWC) I have to agree there is just a lack on intrest and until they invest and work out the issues with it, I believe it will be in the back seat for awhile. Cableco have to allow it. Its the same when everyone moved to cable ready tv sets. The problems is that the manufactures are waiting for cablecard 2.0/3.0/ opentv to be available because cablecard 1.0 is not adaqent.
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KoolMoe
Aw Man
Premium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD
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 ·Verizon FIOS
| I do not see any products that take cable cards, though I've not looked all that hard.
I have my own HTPC with a TV tuner but, of course, I have to set the cable company's set-top box to a predefined channel. I've been thinking of trying to rig an IR device so the computer would send the channel, which would then change it on the STB...but that seems complicated and I don't have the time. It would be nice to be able to plug in a cable card into the HTPC...but I imagine that's far off if they don't even have bidirectional cards out yet!
It would certainly be nice to be able to pick up an STB/DVR unit from a variety of manufacturers and just insert the required cable card. The monthly fees for the STB rentals annoy me thoroughly...and is the biggest reason why I don't have a DVR at home.
KM
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pstation
Premium
join:2003-06-23
Indianapolis, IN
1 edit | »www.gearlog.com/2007/03/dell_wit···arri.php
Windows Vista has support for cablecard PC tuners |
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mindfrost82
join:2003-04-19
Cortland, IL
| reply to KoolMoe
I have a 62" Mitsubishi DLP that supports it. I think its a little more common in high-end HDTV big screens than smaller TVs or even LCD-TVs. I'm pretty sure all the big screen Mitsubishi TVs have it, atleast the ones I saw.
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GlobalMind
Domino Dude, POWER Systems Guy
Premium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL
| reply to KoolMoe
said by KoolMoe :I do not see any products that take cable cards, though I've not looked all that hard. The high end TiVo Series 3 uses cablecard. As is also mentioned you'll see them in higher end TVs.
Having said that, I would tend to agree with the general senitment that the CableCard 1.0 was not going to make a very big mark in the industry. We need the newer standards to get out there (CableLabs working on that one I do believe) before this would take off.
And of course more product support. I don't see the point of this study honestly unless they are trying to just develop support for canning the idea in general. It would be silly to expect v1.0 to have had a major following when most consumers don't even know what the heck it is.
Thus the survey data is pretty useless in my book.
K.
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alchav
join:2002-05-17
Palm Desert, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
|  reply to mindfrost82
said by mindfrost82 :I have a 62" Mitsubishi DLP that supports it. I think its a little more common in high-end HDTV big screens than smaller TVs or even LCD-TVs. I'm pretty sure all the big screen Mitsubishi TVs have it, at least the ones I saw. I also have a 62" Mitsubishi and I had TWC install a CableCard it works great, but only one way. The TWC Tech's could not get it to work. I had to work with TW Tech Support to get the Card to work. So I think the reason there are not many Cards out there is because no one knows that much about them. |
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buckingham
Buckingham Pa
join:2005-07-17
Buckingham, PA
| said by alchav :I have a 62" Mitsubishi DLP that supports it. I recently did an informal "search" for smaller size screens that support CableCard...and came up empty. It seems those few available are 42" and up or so. I want to replace the tube hanging on the wall in the kitchen with a flat screen and also get access to digital channels without using a separate box. No go on that idea...at least at present...and no way am I putting a 40+ " screen in the kitchen! LOL |
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