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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</guid><description><![CDATA[This will benefit consumers in the long run.  It will break the strangle-hold cable companies have on the settop box.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 11th 2007 10:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, if the FCC is opening this up to retail set top box manufacturers, what's the hold up on PCI tuners with CableCARD?  Also, does this mean they are going to do the same thing with DBS providers?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 11th 2007 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is what I have been waiting for.  Sick and tired of paying rental fees to cable ops.  Can't wait to see the specs when available.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[horngreen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 11th 2007 7:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/11/new-fcc-regulation-might-raise-cable-rates-even-higher/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now wait a second... so, we're going to force cable cards, and then as the year goes on, we're slowly going SDV which doesn't work with V1 cable cards?! Am I missing something or does this sound like a horrible idea that not only will be a pain to customers, but will also be a huge waste of money for cable companies? Also, how does this affect On Demand content? Are we getting bi-directional boxes that work just fine, but use the CC as secondary authentication and "security"? Or are we going to a cable card standard that's going to kill all bidirectional signals? Until cablecard is up to date (like v2 should be, if it's ever released), I don't want to use it.<br><br>On the contrary to previous comments, I don't see how Cable companies currently have a strangle hold. I don't know about all of them, but from what my local cable company (TWC) and my general understanding, most, if not all cable companies offer cable cards rather than their own set top boxes. Additionally, with TWC, the set top boxes are free/part of the service (standard, not DVR obviously). Personally I see CableCARD as the worst idea to come to TV in a long time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 12th 2007 10:07PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>