socrplyr
join:2008-03-25
Canton, OH
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Re: This shows how little the cable industry understands
I think the original poster meant that why can't there be a standard two-way device, like the CableCard spec does for one-way. Note, I am talking about the FCC mandated CableCard spec, which does not allow for two-way devices. I fully understand that an actual CableCard can support two-way, but as I mentioned above, such a device would not be certified by CableLabs. |
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MacLeech
The one and only
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join:2001-07-14
SoCal
4 edits | This article shows how often the CableCARD issue is misreported.
The 2-way CableLabs spec is OpenCable: »opencable.com/ CableCARDs are just part of it. The spec is a couple years old.
For consumer marketing it was rebranded tru2way late last year: »www.tru2way.com/
More info here:
»www.ncta.com/IssueBrief.aspx?contentId=4272
CableLabs has certified several (6 according to the list) OpenCable devices over the last couple of years, but until recently none of the manufacturers released them to retail. Here's the list of CableLabs certified UDCP/OpenCable devices:
»www.cablelabs.com/udcp/downloads/OC_PNP.pdf
That list doesn't include the cable boxes made by Cisco, Motorola, Panasonic, and Samsung that are designed to be OpenCable compatible but are not certified yet.
Panasonic released a couple of tru2way TVs to retail last month:
»www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/17/pa···icago-r/ |
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Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| reply to socrplyr
Re: This shows how little the cable industry understands
Ok, so what's the reason Tivo doesn't support two-way?
* They just didn't do the work?
* They aren't allowed to make it work?
* They won't get it approved?
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Stephen J. Friedl | Unix Wizard | Microsoft Security MVP | Tustin, California USA | my web site |
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MacLeech
The one and only
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join:2001-07-14
SoCal
4 edits | It's still in development and is known as the Tivo Series 4:
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6506184.html
Apparently they were waiting for the fight between the CEA endorsed DCR+ and the CableLabs OpenCable to be decided before they started designing a 2-way box:
»www.lightreading.com/document.as···d=132578
Too bad by the time Tivo decided which to follow, most cable companies had already deployed THOUSANDS of OpenCable boxes (due to the FCC integrated security ban):
»www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/17/ti···ard-2-0/ |
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