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Sony Introduces Passage

Posted by Hemos on from the making-the-world-work dept.

UncleCrispy writes "Sony, a newcomer in the cable industry announced its new technology, Passage, on the opening day of the BroadBand Plus Show to the receptive ears of the cable community. "Sony's Passage Technology is a simple, elegant solution that allows equipment from multiple vendors to peacefully co-exist on legacy digital CATV networks" Now you won't be stuck with the SetTopBox your cable provider forces on you, but with Passage you should be able to go to the store and buy any box you want. If you want a DVR box, you can buy it, and you'll no longer be stuck with the rental fees. Sounds like it's a good deal for the cable providers and consumers, but how will current SetTopBox monopolies take the news?"

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  1. Re:YOU DID IT! by gazbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I did, didn't I. It was hard typing all that in the space of 30 seconds, let me tell you. That is why I can be forgiven for not updating the changelog to add that V1.2 has some formatting improvements as suggested by Genii Consulting (getting it right the log(n)th time).

  2. Re:Cable Junkies by MonTemplar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess we have geeks/enthusiasts for every possible field/product in this world... I didn't get most of the "terms" they used in the specifications.
    interesting concept... but will the cable companies accept it ? Is not that the BIG question here ?

    Forget spell-check, you need a grammar-check, my friend.

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    -MT.
  3. i am the farthest ahead! by BigBir3d · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    my cable modem was free! no monthly rental fee! free lifetime replacement if it breaks! regularly achieve 500-600 KB/s (i live in CT, USA)! no limits on amount downloaded per month (aside from capability of hardware)! has gone down only once in past 3 months (all cable service was down for a few hrs)!

    w00t w00t!!

    Cablevision's Optimum Online.