Reader David commented on a previous post that Time Warner Cable of San Antonio, TX has a link to order a free Tuning Adapter to enable SDV on TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, or TiVo HD XL units. The order form states : "The expected availability date is later this year." That leaves two and a half months, though I personally suspect it will be sooner rather than later, especially as Comcast is already...
... In his area it is the Cisco STA1520 ( datasheet ). His TiVo recognized it immediately . The irony is that it seems Comcast is deploying Tuning Adapters in areas where they haven't started using SDV yet, but will be using it soon. I know, an MSO preparing for a switch before it happens? Shocking! Meanwhile users of Time Warner and other systems that have been using SDV for a long time are still...
...gate, and by the time MSOs had the infrastructure worked out vendors were already looking toward round two with tru2way and they just decided to sit round one with UDCPs out entirely. The deployment of SDV and the need to develop a Tuning Adapter, and to support it, was very likely a factor in that as well. I don't expect to see any real pick-up in CableCARD utilization until a sufficient number of tru2way...
...passed, as reported by Multichannel News . With both major vendors' Tuning Adapters certified, cable MSOs should be able to soon begin offering them to customers soon to support Switched Digital Video (SDV). This is a little bit behind schedule, the Tuning Resolver (as the Tuning Adapter was then known) was expected in 2Q08 . But even coming in a few months late it has been an impressively quick development...
When I reported on the release of the 9.4 software for the TiVo Series3 & TiVo HD on Tuesday, I speculated on whether the update also included the promised YouTube support . Well, that question has...video between TiVo units, or from a PC to a TiVo. I'm still waiting to receive 9.4 myself, can't wait to play with this. (And no Dave, you're not the only one still waiting for Tekzilla. ;-)
...approach to at least a subset of what Teach TiVo provided. But that's not all, exploring the menus has revealed some additional features . First and foremost, support for the Switched Digital Video (SDV) Tuning Adapter is here! Both Motorola and Cisco/Scientific Atlanta has their TAs scheduled for certification testing by CableLabs at the end of June. So if they passed testing we could see cable MSOs...
The TV Barn blog has posted a letter Time Warner Cable sent out to customers in Kansas City, MO. It announces that they intend to begin migrating "lesser-viewed channels" to SDV beginning August 20, 2008. They've done a fairly decent job providing information and being non-alarmist, it looks like they've cribbed from a recent letter sent out by Cox . The TWC letter reads, in part: The current generation...
...Bilson sent me a tip about a letter he'd received from Cox Communications in Phoenix, AZ, which he posted about in his blog and scanned into PDF . The big news is that Cox will be implementing SDV of July 1,2008. The bigger news is that later this year they will be offering Tuning Adapters to their users - FREE! I believe this is the first time we've heard of any firm pricing plans from...
TiVo and the NCTA have dropped a press release announcing their progress in developing the SDV Tuning Adapter - as the Motorola and Cisco boxes recently seen at The Cable Show. Since this is a critical issue and of interest to a lot of readers, the full press release is below. May 19, 2008 08:00 ET NCTA and TiVo Announce Progress on Switched Digital Adapter for TiVo DVRs SDV solutions...
Following up on his report on the Motorola MTR700 , Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD has posted photos of the corresponding Cisco/Scientific Atlanta STA1520 Tuning Adapter . While Motorola's TA was part of...has the same connections, the Cisco box is physically much larger than the Motorola TA. And while Motorola indicated that their TA could be available to cable MSOs in July, Cisco is only saying 3Q2008
