TRU2WAY interactive delivery

TRU2WAY interactive delivery

DTB is encrypted in Japan, exchange of recorded content may not be available or may not freely, inconvenience has occurred in various ways, but the same thing is the reason had been a problem in the United States already. My name is "Cable Card" that this American version B-CAS card.

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Get the (roughly the same size as the PC card to be used in notebook computers of many) card small from the cable TV provider, just attached to the receiver or other TV set this directly, Cable Card is user digital cable it is a new standard that allows you to receive the signal. Must be bound to the TV set-top box is no longer available for digital video from any device if it corresponds to the Cable Card, This method is attractive for users.

If the Vista PC that has a compatible service appropriate hardware, and digital cable tuner, you can receive a digital signal cable by inserting the Cable Card, the user is equipped as standard in Ultimate and Home Premium Media Center interface (Vista using the remote control) and watch a program TV, I can record and playback. 

American CATV is widely households of about 70%, up to now, I mean I could not receive the CATV and not via a set-top box company CATV each specified, it corresponds to the Cable Card this, CATV also such as a personal computer so I say you will be able to receive the. It is a feeling like relatives of B-CAS card somehow. In, I seem comparatively convenient and have seen so far, I'm not extraordinary constraints.

Transfer restrictions   Can not be streamed to other computers or programs that are live or recorded TV from the Cable Card device including Vista PC, or transferred to a portable device, recorded on DVD. However, the streaming of TV programs to the Vista-compatible Media Center Extender or Xbox 360 that will be provided in future be possible.

Receive only At this point, it can not including Vista PC, the cable network sends the request only simple equipment such as changing the channel Cable Card. Not available and pay-per-view video-on-demand type services.

PC compatible Cable Card to play high-definition content, it is necessary to "PC for digital cable." In other words, there is a need that has been identified as PC equipped with a graphics card that complies with the standard (High-Definition Content Protection) HDCP. At the time of publication paper, PC Such is not supplied. PC appear like this, and initially will be provided only from the OEM that it has signed a licensing agreement with a specific Microsoft, it is not possible to create a PC with digital cable system builders. In addition, there is no plan that allows you to create your own general PC users like this. 

Compatible monitor  Must be such as terminal input digital TV or monitor that is compatible with HDCP. Even if the monitor does not support HDCP, Cable Card can not play the content that is sent from the digital input terminal. After being compressed (960x540), VGA is an analog connection, high-definition video is upscale by the low resolution graphics card. Analog component connections (RGB), playback is performed at the maximum resolution of the monitor.

Support for Cable TV provider  Many cable TV providers are reluctant to support a scheme to support the Cable Card, the rental company's set-top box to the user. For example, cases are directed to discourage the use of a Cable Card, cases or additional fees will be charged for the installation have been reported from the user.
 

Also if you want to play in the Vista PC to high-definition DVD (Blu-ray or HD DVD), have similar limitations. For example, you can not play at all if you do not have a graphics card that supports HDCP, good stuff, if you do not have HDCP capable monitor or display, than the standard DVD resolution is low. In addition, even if the Blu-ray, DVD to play you will need to install additional software, even if HD DVD.


As a result of specification and constraints that these Rube Goldberg, spread becomes not proceed at all, the television industry in the United States I have a sense of crisis seems to have violently. This is, indeed was overkill. Newly So I came up with a thing called "tru2way" as a standard for dealing with more flexible and simple. This can provide an open platform for rich content via (STB) cable models CATV.

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According to him, the content is written in Java and open API standard, except that it operates on any compatible device You can write an application once that a feature. In addition to (STB) manufacturers, and partners will also be included, such as consumer electronics companies such as Samsung and Panasonic Cable Modem Cisco Systems and Motorola. We also enter into partner Microsoft, tru2way playing content on Media Center Edition is that it is possible also.

In addition to the normal TV, it is assumed the mobile and portable devices behavior, game consoles, and PC, in a variety of devices. In addition to STB manufacturers, participating companies stalwart figure of consumer electronics companies, the PC industry has seen


Panasonic has started selling tru2way compatible TV this already in late October, and are expected in mid-2009 new entrants also Samson.

B-CAS theory has been unnecessary shouting in Japan, so that the ground ahead of the full transition to digital, it can not deny the possibility that much of the class into tru2way possibly cause this.