Telcos Invited to Make Use of Tru2Way Although it's not considered very useful as of yet Tru2Way is an invention of the cable company which is intended to allow for the integration of set-top box functionality into TVs and other viewing devices. These devices can be used with any cable operator. And the president of CableLabs has also invited the telcos to go ahead and join in as well. "The bottom line here is that tru2way is open,” he said in prepared remarks. “It is not exclusive to cable but is available to any multichannel provider that chooses to implement it on their network and in devices." This offer has the potential to create a series of new applications for interactive TV viewing. However, initial tests of Tru2Way called it a disaster so the telephone companies may not be rushing to get on board.
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Denver, CO | Open? I seen reference to this claim that Tru2Way is "Open". Is that Open as in open source as is free (as in free speech not free beer)? If so, major kudos to CableLabs. I could see this being a major step forward.
If (as is more likely) it's "open" to anyone who wants to license the technology, then it remains to be seen just what, if anything, that's worthwhile gets off the ground.
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Saint Louis, MO | Re: Open? said by Corydon:I seen reference to this claim that Tru2Way is "Open". From the point of MSO / TV provider, content producer, and application writers its "Open".
From the users point of view, its a black box, as closed as one can get. The users are totally controlled by the people its "Open" for. | |
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Hingham, MA | Telcos Will tru2way be useful for all-IPTV systems, like what at&t uses or Verizon's hybrid system, or will it only support the types of systems that the cablecos use now? | |
| | | glad it is a 'disaster' I sincerely hope 'Tru2way' fails.
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Cable Companies have required OCAP as part of the Cablecard 2.0 specification, a proposal that is controversial and has not been approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Cable companies have stated that two way communications by third party devices on their networks will require them to support OCAP. The Consumer Electronics Association and other groups argue OCAP is intended to block features that compete with cable company provided services and that consumers should be entitled to add, delete and otherwise control programs as on their personal computers.
I want choice of gui, epg, etc, not just what the cablco decodes to foist upon us... | |
| | | | Re: glad it is a 'disaster' said by anomynous :
I want choice of gui, epg, etc, not just what the cablco decodes to foist upon us... Exactly! It would be awesome if the interface ran on apache/php so that users could tweak it.
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1 edit | Why not have 1 master box in each home + mini boxes or other Why not have 1 master box in each home + mini boxes, cable card, qam, or other stuff on each tv. You can put the dvd in the master box. You can use WIFI, cat 5 / cat 5e / cat 6/ or cable to get to each tv. You can also push out analog to the tvs as well.
Direct Tv is working on a full home DRV system and some said it's wifi based. | |
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I like the concept of not having to rent hardware from the cable company, but what happens when Tru2Way technology is added to systems containing multi media recording capability? Will Tru2Way be like Windows Vista recognizing the block recording broadcast flags, even though that DRM Tool is not required to be included in multi media recorders by any government agency?