Comments on: SDV USB Dongle Details Emerge

By: Bubba

Bubba — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:13:54 +0000

Noooo! Another set top box with yet another power connection!!! I am just about ready to dump all but basic analog cable and just get HD over the air. Now we will have to rent cable cards AND this new box too?! Oh and let me guess, the rental fee will be the same as renting the all-in-one Motorola 8400HD right!? Cable wins, consumers lose yet again…

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:32:03 +0000

Alex, SDV tuning issues are specific to TiVo’s CableCARD DVRs at the moment. Your Dual Tuner unit should continue to work as it does, either controlling a cable box or using direct analog cable (0-99).

By: alex

alex — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:55:17 +0000

Stupid question, but does anyone know if this will work with a dual tuner TiVo?

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:57:06 +0000

max04, CableLabs also put out a release this week with a few of the participants in the initiative – including Scientific Atlanta. It’s safe to assume others could produce the hardware based on the agreed specs.

CableLabs� today announced that, along with TiVo, Motorola, Scientific-Atlanta, BigBand Networks and C-COR, it has developed a new solution that extends the functionality of certain Unidirectional Digital Cable Ready Products (UDCPs) that use CableCARDs� to access switched digital services previously unavailable to such devices.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:36:00 +0000

Razor – ReplayTV wasn’t prior art, TiVo shipped product before ReplayTV did. And they were developed simultaneously. TiVo got to the patent office first. Both TiVo and ReplayTV have fundamental DVR patents. They sued each other years ago, and settled out of court with patent cross-licensing.

By: MHAithaca

MHAithaca — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:09:07 +0000

Can’t speak for anyone else, but the guys who came to do my CableCARD install had done lots of CableCARDs in TVs, but never one in a TiVo. There must be lots of TV-CableCARD owners out there.

By: max04

max04 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:43:50 +0000

Anyone have an idea of what this means for Tivo customers on Scientific Atlanta based systems?

By: CuriousMark

CuriousMark — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:12 +0000

A stopgap solution would also drive them towards use of an existing hardware design. You’re right, this is probably all there will ever be.