CableCARD 1.0 has yet to catch on, yet CableCARD 2.0 is already breathing down its neck promising features not found in the current version. CableCARDs were supposed to make our lives easier by ...

For the past twelve years, the FCC has been attempting to open the set-top market in the name of granting consumers more choice and greater freedom. As part of that initiative, as of July 1, cable ...

The ban hammer fell on July 1, 2007. That's the date the FCC set for its "integration ban" to prevent cable TV operators from deploying set-top boxes with integrated decryption and security systems.

If the industry press is to be believed, Tuesday's announcement that Sony would be producing TVs with Tru2way compatibility was a watershed event--the electronics world equivalent of the Magna Carta ...

If there is one thing we can't wait for it's the ability to record premium HD content on our PCs. While this has evaded us until now, with Vista right around the corner and Niveus on the job, it ...

Engadget HD has the story on why CableCARD 2.0—the standard that everyone’s waiting for to provide bi-directional high- def cable support like video on demand—isn’t here yet. Turns out the standard ...

Like your home rolled media center do ya? Well tell us this, can yours throw down against dual integrated CableCARDs, Blu-ray, HD DVD and more than 3TB of RAID-5 protected storage? Definitely not ...

One of the major impediments to the growth of the home theater PC (HTPC) market has been the lack of digital cable TV support. Yes, Clear QAM tuners can handle unencrypted digital channels, but only ...

For HTPC owners, most thought this day would never come. It's a liberation celebration, and frankly, it's coming way too late. Still, we'll take late over never almost all of the time, so we can't ...

Last week, I was prepared to write off CableCARD support in Windows Media Center. When I went shopping on the web for new Dell and HP systems last week, I couldn’t find a single one that offered a ...

You probably keep hearing about CableCARD technology (also called "Digital Cable Ready") - or perhaps you've never heard of it. In either case, there's good news for you as a consumer. After fighting ...

Okoro Media Systems has been producing pre-fabricated HTPCs for years now, and even as the niche narrows, they're continuing to be one of the go-to places for new living room computers. Now, the ...