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CableCARDs and HDTV

Posted by michael on from the widescreen-but-still-schlock dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "HDTV is the next big thing. I attended the NAB conference in Las Vegas last week and everyone was pitching HDTV or asking about it. DesignTechnica has an interesting article on CableCARDS, which allows viewing HDTV through a CableCARD compatible HDTV set without needing a set top box. Cable companies are required to enable CableCARDs with card-compatible HDTVs by July 1, 2004. So here's some questions: Has anyone heard of CableCARD? Is anyone planning on buying a CableCARD compatible TV? How many people actually get HDTV in their area, and how many channels? HDTV is so hyped right now but seems that there is barely any deployment."

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  1. Re:The problem with HDTV right now... by mp3zero · · Score: 1, Troll

    What exactly turns you people on about watching TV in higher resolution?

    What exactly turn you on about running your computer resolution higher than 640x480? See how stupid your comment is now?