The Clicker: CableCARD and OpenCable

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Pete Jenkins @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM

Steve, you don't want that built into your tv, imho. There's just too much to go wrong; it's like the entry I saw about having a 32 in lcd with a computer built into it. I'm all for hardware consolidation but you don't want to have to service your tv if the hard drive or fan breaks on your pvr/dvr.

what will make your life easier is a universal remote so you don't have to be juggling multiple remotes to cover each of your boxes.

I think probably the best idea is to consolidate content as much as possible, so you can have one video source to control but then drive your surround sound with another box and use your tv as a video monitor. that way your tv just has to be good at one thing, and can leave managing what you watch to another device whether it be a media center pc (perhaps home brewed if thats your style) or a pvr.

i do think it'd be nice to integrate the video switching functionality of a av reciever into your dvr or whatever because that way your reciever can function on driving speakers and decoding audio signals and your content source can keep up with passing through dvi/hdmi or whatever. trying to keep your av recievers (if you use one) up to date on all the latest video formats and having multiple inputs for each one seems both unnecessary and that it would add a lot of complexity to a device that should be able to focus on one task.

i mean people do run everything into their tv, especially if they are forgoing surround sound, but these tvs don't usually have the 2 each of dvi and hdmi you might want.

by the way I'm all for PCs that can grab multiple input streams at a time, save them for tivo like functionality or streaming via orb, and still provide on demand functionality. I'd love to get all that without any drm though, it's not like it's going to stop someone who is intent on pirating. I figure if I pay for comcast for access to this stuff I have a right to use it whereever and however I want. I may need to brush up on my fair use copyright law though.

just my two cents

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