 jjoshuaPremium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
kudos:1 | Forget about FCC mandates Doesn't the FCC mandate that cable cards must be made available? |
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 imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | Yes, and they still will be. Customer will still be able to use them, they just won't get to see whatever HD channels are sitting behind the SDV gear. |
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 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3
3 edits | reply to jjoshua
said by jjoshua:Doesn't the FCC mandate that cable cards must be made available? Yes, they did 5 years ago. Then last year they mandated the cable companies had to buy cable boxes that had to use CableCARDs instead of "integrated security". Meanwhile, cable companies have been rolling out SDV.
So, cable companies are buying and issuing boxes that use CableCARD AND are 2-way capable, which are working with SDV just fine.
What's Tivo's problem?
P.S. CableCARDs have always been 2-way capable. It's the quipment it's installed in that enables it:
»www.opencable.com/primer/cableca···mer.html |
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