Folks,

According to this article it probably will not be until late 2008 that 2-way digital cable ready TVs make their way to the market.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6436417.html

It seems that most tv makers are going away from cable cards now. I wonder if when they come out with the 2 way cable cards if manufacturers will go back to more sets with Cable Card slots?

Even if they do I really doubt the cable companies will actively market them.

I am sure they will give you one if you demand it as it is now.

Besides wouuldn't this require a new TV anyway? Even if the cable card is two way, if your TV does not have what amounts to a cable modem built in then the two way card will not work.

Folks,

According to this article it probably will not be until late 2008 that 2-way digital cable ready TVs make their way to the market.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6436417.html

Has anybody seen or heard about any 2.0/M cablecard 50 inch or higher Plasma & LCD HDTV's at the 2008 CES??

Thanks in Advance.

Even if they do I really doubt the cable companies will actively market them.

Probably not. CableCARD support with UDCR (one-way) reception was pretty much a bomb in TVs, just an added cost that got (I think) little, if any, use.

Besides wouuldn't this require a new TV anyway? Even if the cable card is two way, if your TV does not have what amounts to a cable modem built in then the two way card will not work.

Yes, you'd need a new TV. I doubt anyone with a TV spendy enough to have had a CableCARD receiver integrated is going to want to cough up for a new one already.

:eek: A thread has risen from the grave...

Recall that the FCC is basically forcing the cable companies to provide this stuff.

OCAP Becomes Tru2way (http://http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/OCAP-Becomes-Tru2way-90746)
Cable industry standardizes two way, device agnostic platform

"Looks like Comcast (and the rest of the big cable players) are trying to avoid the hand of government regulation on their deployment (or lack thereof) of devices that can communicate with the network without a set-top box. They're calling this new initiative "tru2way" and all of the major manufacturers are on board except Sony. However, even if they all agreed on the standard put forth, the FCC is considering a different standard." A little more detail on the standard (formerly known as OpenCable or OCAP)

While a fear of the FCC is likely forcing their hand, so is fear of competition from web-based providers and the phone industry. A slew of hardware vendors say they'll integrate tru2way into devices, and Microsoft says the standard may be included in future versions of Windows. Comcast says they'll deploy the technology in all their markets by the end of this year, as does Time Warner Cable.

The correct link is http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/OCAP-Becomes-Tru2way-90746