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Sometimes my mom tells me crazy things because she works for a cable operator. She sent me this note about TiVo, which I was planning to buy in the lifetime deal:
Do not buy a new TV or TIVO box until later this year. The latest technology called Tru2Way needs to be included in order to have it talk to all your devices. I do not think it is on sale until November.
Anyone know anything offhand about this?
What if I don't need my Tivo to talk to all my devices? I only need it to talk to my cable and my tv...
This was my first google hit: Tivo to develop next generation tru2Way Set-tops, screws the cable company
After checking a couple sites, this makes the most sense:
Comcast makes TiVo-driven DVRs official
Comcast today took the wraps off of its long-anticipated DVR with TiVo service, giving users the custom interface normally reserved for TiVo boxes to digital video recorders provided for Comcast's cable TV network. The extension allows users to not only search for, record, and play shows with the TiVo front end (including HD shows) but also to use it for Comcast-specific functions. Through a technology dubbed tru2way, subscribers can search for movies on demand through the same interface as for regular programming. TV shows will also play uninterrupted while users check the schedule.
Prices are not yet public, though the feature is expected to cost slightly more than existing cable service and will require that the customer have a Motorola DVR, though Scientific Atlanta boxes will also support the TiVo update in the near future. The service is so far deployed only in Boston but should be available in additional cities before the end of 2008.
Do not buy a new TV or TIVO box until later this year. The latest technology called Tru2Way needs to be included in order to have it talk to all your devices. I do not think it is on sale until November.
In order to compete better with DirectTV, Time Warner is in the process of rolling out a technology called "switched video" to its markets. Right now, TW broadcasts every single one of its channels to all of its customers, and with a CableCArd, your TiVo can tune into whatever channel it wants to.
With switched video, the cable company doesn't transmit certain less-watched channels to the customer unless the cable box asks for it. This frees up bandwidth so that the cable company can offer more channels.
This is all transparent to the customer -- except you specifically need a cable box to make it work. If you have a device with a cable card, like a TiVo, it doesn't know how to talk back to the cable plant and tell it send it start sending it the TV channel.
So if you're in a region of the country that has switched video, and you have a TiVo, there will be a certain number of channels that you won't be able to tune into, unless it has this Tru2Way technology implemented.
That sucks!
So if you're in a region of the country that has switched video, and you have a TiVo, there will be a certain number of channels that you won't be able to tune into, unless it has this Tru2Way technology implemented.
Why do people have to piss around with stuff that affects my home entertainment system? I thought I'd hit a steady state where I could stay for a nice while.
Oh god, it burns, it burns!
That's one of the dorkiest things I've ever seen. I wonder if they hired out for impersonators, or found talent within. That is the video with Courtney Cox, right? She's the chick leading with her elbows?
I love this USB drive.
With switched video, the cable company doesn't transmit certain less-watched channels to the customer unless the cable box asks for it. This frees up bandwidth so that the cable company can offer more channels.
That's actually really interesting. If only they would offer me a discount for all the channels I'm not watching and taking up their bandwidth with. Rassinfrassin' Comcast raised their rates again.
I love this USB drive.
Nice.
That is the video with Courtney Cox, right? She's the chick leading with her elbows?
Yes. Also, 10 or 20 years ago, my uncle was totally in the other-computer-company version of that band. One of their big hits? "DEC Stinks." Huge hit at sales conference.
Rassinfrassin' Comcast raised their rates again.
no joke, P-C. our cable bill was more expensive than our gas and electric bill put together. what the hell kind of sense does that make? we could probably throw in the water bill too. it's nuts.