Tag Archives: CableCARD

CableCARD Install Process Still Needs Improvement

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by MegaZone

Blogger Christopher Price live-blogged his CableCARD install experience in his new TiVo HD today. While his experience is certainly not as bad as others have experienced, it still shows that the cable industry has some work to do on improvement … Continue reading →

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Cisco Unveils Their Tuning Resolver

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 by MegaZone

Following quickly after Motorola unveiled their MTR700 Tuning Resolver, Cisco has unveiled their tuning resolver as well, the STA1520, which looks like their RTG100 cable box. (Remember, Cisco purchased Scientific Atlanta, and they’re starting to use their own branding on … Continue reading →

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NCTA Conference Call On CableCARD And Tru2Way

Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 by MegaZone

The NCTA held a conference call this afternoon to try to clarify the issues surrounding CableCARD and it included an open Q&A. I like seeing this kind of thing, the NCTA recognized they have had a major PR issue with … Continue reading →

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CableCARD, SDV, And The Tuning Resolver

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 by MegaZone

Wow, in the past couple of days there has been an interesting flurry of online activity about CableCARD, Switched Digital Video (SDV), and the Tuning Resolver. HD GURU posted an ‘investigative report’ entitled “How The Cable Industry Plans to Cheat … Continue reading →

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PC Magazine’s Dan Costa’s Advice To TiVo

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

PC Magazine’s Dan Costa has written an article entitled ‘TiVo Is Not Dead Yet’, in which he expresses his opinion that despite ‘conventional wisdom’ that has seem a lot of people chime in with doom and gloom predictions for TiVo’s … Continue reading →

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