KrK
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Tulsa, OK | Cable Companies support for CableCARD has always....
... been as weak as it possibly could be. They haven't been in any hurry to open up this market for years. |
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tshirt
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Snohomish, WA
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| said by KrK  :... been as weak as it possibly could be. They haven't been in any hurry to open up this market for years. Because the "standard for the 1stGen cards was weak and development lagged too far behind current needs. 2nd gen (2 way addressable) cards could have worked, but by then hardware MFGs were sick of the problems and could see switched digital coming.
The real question here is WHEN can they deliver a workable, invisable to the user, adaptor box.
Another Vapor ware (like cable card) that leaves consumers hanging/unable to use their own hardware/ etc. will have subscriber heading towards the exits, willing to pay more elsewhere (think dish/DTV/IPTV) rather then using the cable co's premium service (which is the gravy/high profit part)
The standard are taking to long too develop, far too to roll out, and still lack the reliablity that the industry claims. |
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KrK
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| said by tshirt : The standard are taking to long too develop, far too to roll out, and still lack the reliablity that the industry claims. Agreed.... and personally I feel this is the case because they aren't that motivated to do so, IMHO. If this was a priority to them it could be done in 6 months, easily. Interoperability with competitors equipment is a very, very low level of interest for any of these providers.
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MacLeech
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said by tshirt :said by KrK :... been as weak as it possibly could be. They haven't been in any hurry to open up this market for years. Because the "standard for the 1stGen cards was weak and development lagged too far behind current needs. 2nd gen (2 way addressable) cards could have worked, but by then hardware MFGs were sick of the problems and could see switched digital coming. The 1st Gen CableCARDs are 2-way capable. It's the equipment they're put in that needs to be built to enable it.
The CE MFGs had the FCC pass the bastardized "DCR" spec which cut out the need and cost of 2-way functionality. The manufacturers then built the gear to the DCR spec.
Moto and SciAtl/Cisco have been shipping 2-way CableCARD gear for over a year and it's been in use by cable companies since the FCC mandated cable companies stop buying "integrated security" boxes. It's perfectly capable of SDV.
P.S. So called CableCARD 2.0 or 2nd gen CableCARDs are the Multistream cards that have been available for a year. They are also 2-way capable, just like 1st gen cards.
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tshirt
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| said by MacLeech : The 1st Gen CableCARDs are 2-way capable. It's the equipment they're put in that needs to be built to enable it. Correct! My point was......AS a system (card and compliant hardware) wasn't available/widely available, thus never delivering on the promise of a user invisible solution to box free cable use.
And even those cable companies made availble cable cards in their limited form have had incredible problems making them work/keeping them working, certainly not the "no brainer, universal technology" envisioned. |
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