I ready lots about Cablecard being dead and yet its one of the best ways of getting premium content in to Windows Media Center. Sean Alexander has a great post up on the state of Cablecard and how the FCC could fix it

For years, industry pundits have claimed that Cablecard is dead.  Cablecard, which enables consumers to get local andpremium HD cable television programming directly into TV’s and Media Center PC’s via a digital cable tuner. It seemed poised to unlock consumers from the underpowered, much maligned cable boxes many rent from their cable provider and often loathe today. Yet the reality is there are only 443k 3rd party Cablecard devices in service (4 of those in my own house) and it’s clear the situation is going to get worse before it gets better.

Continue reading on Sean’s blog, it seems like the cable companies have a vested interest in making this as complicated as they can

0 thoughts on “Is Cablecard really Dead? (and ideas for FCC on how to fix)”
  1. Definitely a great write-up!

    A pure software solution would be the best end result!

    But as mentioned before, there is no way cablecard is dead. It’s future potential is dead ! Cablecard will be here for years to come.

    Glad Ceton was mentioned. Wish they were here a few years ago 🙂

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