PC-based Tru2way on Display at the Cable Show
May 15th, 2008 by Kevin
I have been hesitant to buy a CableCard-based media center for one reason: switch digital video. Basically SDV renders CableCards useless. Tru2way is the next generation of security technology that allows two way communication between a media center and the cable company and will work with SDV.
Not much has been presented about Tru2way and how it will be implemented with a PC. Most likely, you will need a bi-directional CableCard tuner. Speculation is that such a tuner will not be implemented in Vista, but rather Windows 7.
One bit of good news though today is that CableLabs will be demonstrating a PC-based Tru2way at the Cable Show in New Orleans next week. Hopefully we will get a sense of the timeframe of when such a tuner will be available. From the press release:
Motorola will demonstrate the advanced media mobility capabilities of its tru2way platform including whole home DVR, caller ID, external hard drive support and Time Warner’s music and photo sharing application; a demo of Comcast’s next generation guide experience and our PC-based tru2way application development environment will also be shown.
My hope is that Tru2way will be implemented by this Christmas in Windows Vista. Highly unlikely, but I can dream.
(via ConnectedHome2Go)
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