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AT&T U-Verse cabinets pop up in Winston-Salem, NC {Engadget HD}
Sep 22nd 2008 11:17PM The word in Charlotte is that U-verse will launch during the 4th quarter.
All live 2008 NCAA Football games on ABC / ESPN networks to air in HD {Engadget HD}
Jun 10th 2008 11:08PM
LOL. I saw the picture of NC State and thought ESPN was going to be broadcasting high school games in HD.
Time Warner Cable looks to bring internet content to TVs {Engadget HD}
May 30th 2008 9:52PM He's probably referring to the Cisco DRG2800 IP Services Gateway and 8550HDC DVR that were shown at CES.
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142403&print=true
There is no CableCARD 2.0 {Engadget HD}
Jun 18th 2007 5:48PM
Eric,
You are correct that instead of saying the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes have 2-way communication because they are OCAP compliant I should have said that they have cable company middleware, but I stand by the fact that the only way a 3rd party box like TiVO can have 2-way communication is if it is OCAP compliant.
I believe that Ben just created a new post that confirms my statements.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/18/cablecard-2-0-whats-the-hold-up/
Samsung readying a third gen Blu-ray player? {Engadget HD}
Jun 18th 2007 5:12PM
The BDP-1200 already outputs native 1080p/24 straight from the discs.
There is no CableCARD 2.0 {Engadget HD}
Jun 15th 2007 2:01PM The reason that bi-directional communication works on the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes is because they are OCAP compliant.
In order to be OCAP compliant, TiVo would have to cede control of their user interface over to the cable companies and they justifiably aren't interested in doing so.
Engadget HD giveaways: win another Philips 42PF9631D 42-inch plasma! {Engadget HD}
Oct 11th 2006 10:05PM
I don't have cable card now, but would love to stick it to Time Warner. They really don't like CableCards and are trying to break the technology by implementing switched digital video.
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 5th 2006 11:34AM Directv HR20.
This would match my Samsung 4095D nicely!
DIRECTV's satellite launch plans (READ: more HD content) {Engadget HD}
Sep 11th 2006 7:52PM
This is great news! I just got the Directv HD DVR(HR10-250) hoping that directv won't turn off the MPEG-2 HD feeds until summer 2008. With the second launch in late 2007, this looks very likely. This news along with the fact that the 6.3 release to the TiVo software is going to be downloaded in the next week or so confirms I made the right decision.
For all those that have Dish, doesn't the VIP622 only have 1 OTA tuner? I would much rather have a real TiVo with 2 HD OTA tuners than have Monsters HD. To each his own I guess.
Time Warner does / doesn't support CableCARD TiVos {Engadget}
Jul 28th 2006 6:21PM
I actually asked posted a related question to Diana at TWC in Columbia SC where they have implemented Switched Digital Video technology which threatens to make cable cards obsolete altgether.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...5&&#post7956765
