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CableCARD goes two-way with new specs

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2008-05-29 16:48:03 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...CableCARD technology is still alien to most people, the development goes on. The latest advancements include two-way card communications, meaning that your CableCARD-powered devices can now communicate back to the content originators instead of just dumbly unlocking content For those not in the know, CableCARD is a standard way to allow...
 
Tags: cablecard, cablecard ready, cablecard technology, cablecard-ready devices hit, devices, content, content servers, set-top, digital set-top boxes
 
 
 
 
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Giz Explains: CableCARD and the Future of Cable TV [Giz Explains]

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2008-07-09 19:00:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...CableCARD that will deliver real interactive features to cable subscribers, and kill the loathed cable box in the process Tru2way is actually the brand name for a common Java-based middleware stack and software platform (aka OpenCable, aka OCAP) that'll be supported across the entire cable industry (all the majors like Comcast and Time Warner...
 
Tags: cable industry, entire cable industry, cable, boxes, million boxes, cheap-o boxes, cable boxes, bad cable industry, cable company
 
 
 
 
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CableCard Users Are Getting Screwed Out of HD Channels [Cable]

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2008-04-17 12:40:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...CableCard to decode signal directly in their TV, a TiVo or Windows Media Center PC may soon start losing HD channels because of a change in technology. To conserve bandwidth, cable carriers are moving from a direct stream of video to "switched digital video," which use two-way digital cable boxes to see what customers need then send it to...
 
Tags: current time, time, time warner cable, time warner, merson, channels, friend gary merson, sdv-compatible dongle, dongle
 
 
 
 
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CableLabs Responds to CableCard Screwjob Allegation [Cable]

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2008-04-18 00:45:00 by posted by Pantha in
...CableCard customers getting screwed out of HD channels . To their credit, they did not ask for a correction, because we didn't print anything inaccurate (though they do claim the HD Guru may have). They just wanted us to consider some "clarifications," arguments that go far to highlight the tension (hatred bordering on violence?) that exists...
 
Tags: cable, cable content, cablecard, two-way cable experience, cable networks, cable company, cablelabs, digital cable systems, cablecard customers
 
 
 
 
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CableLabs Responds to CableCard Screwjob Allegation [Cable]

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2008-04-17 20:45:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...CableCard customers getting screwed out of HD channels . To their credit, they did not ask for a correction, because we didn't print anything inaccurate (though they do claim the HD Guru may have). They just wanted us to consider some "clarifications," arguments that go far to highlight the tension (hatred bordering on violence?) that exists...
 
Tags: cable, cable content, cablecard, two-way cable experience, cable networks, cable company, cablelabs, digital cable systems, cablecard customers
 
 
 
 
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Cannon PC to offer up dual / quad-CableCARD Media Center rigs

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2008-05-29 17:08:00 by Darren Murph in
...CableCARD HTPC, but thanks to a new partnership between Cannon PC and Microsoft, yet another rival will be jousting for your business. Here soon, the outfit will be offering its Home and Pro A/V series Media Center PCs with dual CableCARDs pre-installed, and if you're willing to wait a touch longer, a quad-CableCARD model will also be...
 
Tags: cannon, home entertainment, home, strangely familiar, famed shell, media pcs, twin-cablecard htpc, quad-cablecard model, dual cablecards
 
 
 
 
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Cannon PC to offer up dual / quad-CableCARD Media Center rigs

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2008-05-29 12:08:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...CableCARD HTPC, but thanks to a new partnership between Cannon PC and Microsoft, yet another rival will be jousting for your business. Here soon, the outfit will be offering its Home and Pro A/V series Media Center PCs with dual CableCARDs pre-installed, and if you're willing to wait a touch longer, a quad-CableCARD model will also be...
 
Tags: cannon, home entertainment, home, strangely familiar, famed shell, media pcs, twin-cablecard htpc, quad-cablecard model, dual cablecards
 
 
 
 
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Panasonic Kills Rear Projection, Promises 2-Way CableCard By Summer [TVs]

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2008-03-11 11:47:49 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...CableCards Two-way CableCards basically mean that the cable box, with all its features including VOD and PPV, is built into the TV. Right now, the CableCard in a TiVo or Media Center PC will only get you video. Panasonic will integrate OCAP into its mid-level PZ80 line, in 50" and 42" models this summer. Though the list prices for the TVs...
 
Tags: panasonic, tvs, ocap, viera flat-panel tvs, aka ocap, summer, two-way cablecards, cable box, opencable
 
 
 
 
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Lifeware's LMS-810 Is the Baddest Media Center PC Money Can Buy [CEDIA 2008]

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2008-09-04 17:42:00 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
...CableCARD tuners (two on board and six more in the external Lifetuner box on top) into a dual Intel Quad Core, 12TB RAID 5 box that can stream out to ten Media Extenders (here, Xbox 360s driving Samsung LCDs). The box can record from all eight of its HD streams while streaming to all 10 Extenders at once, so if you've been wondering what to...
 
Tags: media, media lms, media lms-810, media media servers, media units highlight, tuner, media extenders, extenders, six-tuner life