engadget.com — Motorola's "M-Card" has joined Scientific Atlanta's offering in finally earning the organization's coveted "qualified" status, paving the way for such great functionality as picture-in-picture on compatible TVs and multi-channel recording for properly-equipped DVRs
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eboskie1Jul 23, 2006
Being a DNCS/VOD technician at the local cable company this is an alright feature. Im still anticipating full 2-WAY cards wich will make my job a whole lot easier. Die cable cards!! lol
stopherJul 23, 2006
The article is retarded. "It's not really clear why the old CableCARD hasn't taken off as expected..." I think it's crystal clear. It sucks. You don't the guide you get with a settop box and you don't get your on demand. Anyone using these sevices would feel that a cable card was a downgrade and sorry, hrdcregmer808, but from what I've read when they do come out with the new cards whatever features they add to catch up to the current settop boxes won't be compatible with current TV's. CableCard was a great idea poorly implemented.
jwigumJul 24, 2006
I just built a dual tuner KnoppMyth box, and I don't expect to be able to use it for anything other than the basic cable we have now. I mean BASIC, 71(73 if you count CMT and BET) channels out of the wall without a box.It would be nice if the cable companies would release a DIY version, but I doubt it will ever happen. Cable is the best internet service in my area, as I'm a long way from the DSL node, and satellite internet has latency issues. I'd LOVE for them to start rolling out fiber here(I'm in Fair Oaks, CA), but I don't think we'll see that for a long time. I dream of hosting a game server out of my home. Lousy upload caps...
thegrundleJul 24, 2006
Without 2-way communications, the CableCard will never do well. And speaking as a tech. for the local cable company they are very temperamental.
anthJul 24, 2006
I wonder if this will work on the S3 TiVo... it can support multiple streams...