From what I can make out DCAS could work as a USB Dongle (with a software/firmware update) since it is just some circuitry and a chip. I'm sure the same is true of a "tuning resolver". In a time when electronics can get smaller and smaller, why are these devices getting bigger and bigger. They consume more power since it will also need to be left running the whole time, when I'm sure it could just get power from the device it is plugged into. It would be cheaper to produce and more people would want it. Also, if it's cheaper, you've got more people that would just get one rather than try to find a way around using one. I'm sure i'm over simplifying things, but when will Cable/Satellite Companies realize that the end users are consumers and not the enemy that they treat us as.
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Geoff @ Mar 7th 2008 12:08PM
From what I can make out DCAS could work as a USB Dongle (with a software/firmware update) since it is just some circuitry and a chip. I'm sure the same is true of a "tuning resolver". In a time when electronics can get smaller and smaller, why are these devices getting bigger and bigger. They consume more power since it will also need to be left running the whole time, when I'm sure it could just get power from the device it is plugged into. It would be cheaper to produce and more people would want it. Also, if it's cheaper, you've got more people that would just get one rather than try to find a way around using one. I'm sure i'm over simplifying things, but when will Cable/Satellite Companies realize that the end users are consumers and not the enemy that they treat us as.