Tag Archives: Tuning Adapter

Bright House Giveth, And Bright House Taketh Away – And Giveth Back

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by MegaZone

Back in February Bright House cable decided to pull HD channels from their CableCARD customers. This, understandably, created a backlash of complaints from users, as there wasn’t a good reason for the loss of the channels. Bright House did it … Continue reading →

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TiVo Developing Standalone OCAP/Tru2Way Box

Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by MegaZone

I just mentioned this in my post on their financial results, but I feel this is big enough news to call out in its own post. TiVo is developing a new standalone box that will natively support Tru2Way, formerly known … Continue reading →

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Bright House Giveth, And Bright House Taketh Away – From TiVo Owners

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

There’s an article in today’s Orlando Sentinel about Bright House cable yanking four HD channels (HGTV HD, TBS HD, The History Channel HD, and Food Network HD) away from CableCARD users who have had them since last October. It seems … Continue reading →

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CableLabs Ready To Test Tuning Resolver, TiVo Owners Await SDV Support

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Switched Digital Video (SDV) has been the bane of CableCARD users, notably owners of the TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD. SDV channels cannot be tuned by UDCP (unidirectional digital cable products) CableCARD devices, such as TiVo, as SDV requires bidirectional … Continue reading →

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Some Interesting Details on the Tuning Resolver for SDV

Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 by MegaZone

Following up on the recent Tuning Resolver solution for SDV announcement, Mari Silbey at Connected Home 2 G0 used her connections inside Motorola to dig up more details. And they are certainly interesting details – some highlights: Motorola starting working … Continue reading →

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