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Wow I remember CableCARD from back in the days when TiVos were popular and Cable TV was transitioning to digital only service. I always felt that CableCARD was
by edude03 6y ago
Wow I remember CableCARD from back in the days when TiVos were popular and Cable TV was transitioning to digital only service.
I always felt that CableCARD was an over-engineed solution to what feels like a simple problem - essentially it ships a cablebox inside a card that can be inserted into another cablebox type thing - all to support the massive DRM based empire cable companies have built.
To me it seems like there are simpler and more cost effective solutions, and from what I've heard from people who've used CableCARDs - probably more reliable solutions.
I'm not surprised that they didn't catch on, but I am a little disapointed, because for all their faults, there was at least an attempt to make digital cable services interoperable.
- awinder 6y agoIt’s also to support a single standard across all cable operators, which was a fantastic goal. Unfortunately yeah that DRM piece along with the CableLabs certification really strangled competition. That said I’ve run cablecard devices for years, on windows pc and tivo to this day, it’s been perfectly stable and reliable (but my market also doesn’t do any of the drm crap, so maybe that’s where it all goes to hell)
- 2bluesc 6y ago> To me it seems like there are simpler and more cost effective solutions, and from what I've heard from people who've used CableCARDs - probably more reliable solutions. Would be curious if you name any. Until content is available outside of cable networks (i.e. OTT streaming) I'm unaware of anything short of a power hungry Comcast like cable box that one would also have to rent. The FCC PDF also mentions other devices, but doesn't elaborate.