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story category Cable's Answer to AppleTV?
BOCR uses cable cards to bridge PC, living room
(old news - 04:47PM Tuesday May 08 2007)
tags: Video · business · hardware · alternatives · cable · content
Light Reading vaguely explores a cable industry initiative that will allow users to shift digital cable content to their PC (and vice-versa, a la AppleTV) by using a cablecard. The program is known as "BOCR" (for Bidirectional OpenCable Receiver), and will "support interactivity via the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP), a middleware specified by CableLabs." As it stands, the project is only in proof-of-concept mode; it's being demo'd this week at the NCTA show in Las Vegas.

The system is an extension of the OCUR Cablelabs spec, which has yet to really take off -- ATI is the first and only company to offer gear for your PC (a user notes it's only available in pre-built PCs). The adoption of cablecards has also been glacially slow, with hardware vendors blaming cable companies and cable companies blaming hardware vendors, as well as a lack of consumer interest.

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wmcbrine
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Lack of interest?

Well, certainly many consumers are uninterested in CableCard on the awful terms which the cable companies are offering... but I'd call that a rigged game.
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permalink · 2007-05-08 16:29:06 · Reply to this
gb2254

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Old Bridge, NJ

Re: Lack of interest?

If they come up with 2-way cable cards which has DVR capbility and order ppv/vod then sign me in.
permalink · 2007-05-08 16:33:45 · Reply to this

RadioDoc
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said by wmcbrine See Profile :

a rigged game.
Ain't that the truth.
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permalink · 2007-05-08 16:54:45 · Reply to this
b10010011
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Cable's Answer to AppleTV?

What is Apple TV?
permalink · 2007-05-08 16:37:28 · Reply to this

Subaru
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Re: Cable's Answer to AppleTV?

»www.apple.com/appletv/
permalink · 2007-05-08 16:39:28 · Reply to this
b10010011
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edit:
May 8th, @05:47PM

Re: Cable's Answer to AppleTV?

said by Subaru See Profile :

»www.apple.com/appletv/
Oh... So what kind of picture quality does a video created for an Ipod screen have when it is displayed on a 40 inch tv?
permalink · 2007-05-08 17:46:33 · Reply to this
Pictor Guy

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Ashburn, VA

Re: Cable's Answer to AppleTV?

said by b10010011 See Profile :

said by Subaru See Profile :

»www.apple.com/appletv/
Oh... So what kind of picture quality does a video created for an Ipod screen have when it is displayed on a 40 inch tv?
He said Apple TV not iPod on the TV. The Apple TV supports resolutions up to 1280x720 with a frame rate of 24fps (30fps at lower resolutions) over HDMI. iPods don't support HDMI.
permalink · 2007-05-08 18:56:33 · Print · Reply to this
b10010011
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Re: Cable's Answer to AppleTV?

Oh, I stopped reading after it said something about downloading a movie from iTunes.

I always thought iTunes were for iPods
permalink · 2007-05-08 21:55:39 · Reply to this

ninjatutle

join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA		 What is a cable card?
permalink · 2007-05-08 17:28:40 · Reply to this
bennor

join:2006-07-22
New Haven, CT

The ATI device will only be available in pre-build computers

Before anyone gets too excited about the ATI TV Wonder OCUR tuner, see this article: »www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3609

ATI's device will only be available in pre-build, pre-configured computers.

With ATI killing off the AIW line and now this, I hope other manufactures can step up to the plate affordable user installable PC cards that add cablecard support. Once they come out with the bi-directional cablecards that is.

I would also expect any cablecard tuners that do come out to be heavily loaded/locked down with DRM.
permalink · 2007-05-08 16:46:07 · Print · Reply to this

en102
Canadian, eh?

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Valencia, CA

Re: The ATI device will only be available in pre-build computers

Yuck!
Have to purchase a digital to analog converter (work well with set top DVD burners)
permalink · 2007-05-08 18:02:57 · Reply to this
Pictor Guy

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Ashburn, VA

Dead

I thought the cable card was dead. Or at least it's on death row.
permalink · 2007-05-08 18:57:18 · Reply to this

inteller
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Re: Dead

its only dead because cable companies made it that way. The simplicity for Cablecard is great for a second TV. I already have a cable box DVR, I just need to see all the channels on my second TV without a cluncky cable box. CableCARD is great for that.
permalink · 2007-05-09 08:38:27 · Reply to this
CSU

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My Answer....

Here's something that works great.
»www.plextor.com/english/products/TV402U.htm

It's great for getting TV to the pc but you'll need something else to get something from pc to TV.
permalink · 2007-05-09 08:35:54 · Reply to this
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