Following quickly after Motorola unveiled their MTR700 Tuning Resolver, Cisco has unveiled their tuning resolver as well, the STA1520, which looks like their RTG100 cable box. (Remember, Cisco purchased Scientific Atlanta, and they're starting to use their own branding on products that formerly would've has the SA branding.) Cisco is calling it a ( Read more... )

Wow, in the past couple of days there has been an interesting flurry of online activity about CableCARD, Switched Digital Video (SDV), and the Tuning Resolver. HD GURU posted an 'investigative report' entitled "How The Cable Industry Plans to Cheat 10+ Million HDTV Owners", so you might guess at the tone. Unfortunately, there are a few factual ( Read more... )

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 communication with the head end.

Enter the Tuning Resolver. As previously reported, the ( Read more... )

CableLabs has approved the DTCP-IP content protection system for digital cable content, which allows the content to be moved between devices over IP networks. Using DTCP (Digital Transmission Copy Protection)-protected secure links among consumer electronics devices, cable subscribers will be able to enjoy digital cable programming, including high- ( Read more... )

The folks over at TiVoCommunity.com have compiled a Series3 eSATA FAQ.

But the most interesting bit, to me, is the link to this post. dt_dc noticed that CableLabs just recently (4/20/07) revised their DFAST licensing agreement to allow vendors (such as TiVo) to support external storage (eSATA, USB, FireWire, etc) without explicit CableLabs ( Read more... )