MacLeech
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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/ |
