[opendtv] Re: Two-way plug-&-play
- From: Bill Sheppard <Bill.Sheppard@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:45:50 -0700
Mark Schubin wrote:
>Bill Sheppard wrote:
>
>
>>I believe what's being missed in this whole discussion is that within a
>>year after completion of the Two-way Plug-and-Play agreement
>>
>>
>Any guesses as to when that might be?
>
>
Nothing useful. I do think there must be pressure to get it done before
the FCC makes their own rules, however.
>>we can
>>reasonably expect that most sets will be fully-OCAP compliant,
>>
>>
>Can we? It's a lot more than a year after the one-way agreement. What
>percentage of the roughly 300 million U.S. TV sets are now digital-cable
>ready?
>
>
Sorry, I should have qualified that as "most new sets" will be OCAP
compliant. Of course it'll take time before it's a meaningful chunk of
the installed base, but even a few million sets, coupled with OCAP boxes
deployed by the cable companies, will be enough to get the content flowing.
Bill
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