[opendtv] Re: More on Cable Cards
- From: Eory Frank-p22212 <Frank.Eory@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:37:54 -0700
>From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:43:54 -0500
>
>Can you tell me, or any CE manufacturer where they can buy a multistream POD?
>
As you know, it will be the MSOs -- not the CE mfrs -- that need to buy PODs,
whether they're 1-way single stream or 2-way multistream. Do you think that
if/when there are DTV sets or STBs available that could use them, that the PODs
would not be available?
>The two-way spec is also documented. Unfortunately, as you are aware,
>the issues are more political (competitive) than technical.
Yes, the two-way spec is 4 or 5 years old, IIRC.
>>A box with embedded CA is going to be cheaper to build than one that
>>requires ANY CableCards, whether it's two of the existing CableCards
>>or just one of the Multistream CableCards.
>Yup! And the cable industry would like to keep it that way.
I think you have it completely backwards. There have been enough press releases
and speeches over the last year regarding the sub-$50 cable STB, the cable
transition to all-digital, etc. that it seems like the MSOs want to foster lots
of competition in cable "terminals" -- not just continue on forever with the
Moto/S-A duopoly in subscriber equipment.
-- Frank
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