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CableCARD 2.0 supports multiple MPEG2 transport streams, i.e. multiple tuners. A unique card detect features allow the host to identify the card as an M-Card before power is supplied to the card. Because of this, the card does not have to support the PCMCIA interface. The M-Card has the same physical form-factor as the S-Card but a significantly different electrical interface. The change from S-Card to M-Card is much more than a simple firmware change.

Check out http://www.opencable.com/
for more details and other related information.
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If they HAD done this in early 2005, I'd bet their subscriptions to digital cable as well as the # of high def tv's out there would be dramatically larger than it is now, and by that I mean night and day different. The sad part is that they've taken till now to get that hint. So during 2005 both the TV mfg's and the cable co's have taken advantage of the consumers, and for that they should be mad.

However, they'd better get the show on the road. This technology is horrifically overdue, and I know a lot of folks who have stayed completely clear of the HD industry based solely on the lack of getting rid of that box. The FCC knows this. Maybe now finally we can get the cablelabs folks and the manufacturers to see the clue...]]>Dec 12th 2005 7:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/
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Oh well, maybe with the next tv.]]>Oct 20th 2005 8:09AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/
Also, would be cool for the new cable card have the capacity to have more than one tuner inside and DVR software. No storage on the card of course, but it would support hooking up an external hard drive to those firewire ports on the set. To keep the content providers from worrying, the card would format the HD with a proprietary file-system or something so they wouldn't have to waste processor overhead for encryption, or a standard FS and use encryption.]]>Oct 20th 2005 10:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/Oct 20th 2005 11:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/Oct 20th 2005 12:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/Oct 20th 2005 12:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/
Oh let me guess, the picture you have of the card means its only a PCMCIA type I or II, the new stuff must have Cardbus as well.]]>Oct 20th 2005 4:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/10/19/cable-cards-2-0-coming-in-2006/Previously once a cable company invested in the Head end equipment they were locked into the STB's that were compatible. This changes all that.

Not to mention the loss revenue from the rental of the STB's to the Cable co's.

Bottom line is that the only people who benifit from cable card is the consumer and companies like Tivo that want to make STB's.]]>Oct 20th 2005 4:40PM