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02-16-2006, 06:57 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://homeentertainment.engadget.com" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://mediapcs.engadget.com" rel="tag">Media PCs</a></p><div id="pc589086"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/cablecard.ars"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right"
src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/cable_card.jpg" alt="" /></a>Ars Technica has a guide up for demystifying
that wild and wacky world that is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=CableCARD">CableCARD</a>. We can't say it
will make the wait for CableCARD 2.0 and it's multichannel goodness any easier, but at least you'll know the ins and
outs of what exactly you're waiting around for. They also throw down some HTPC deets, including the fact that there
aren't any guarantees of Vista interoperability with CableCARD 2.0, and even if you go for plain ol' CableCARD, you
might need to buy a whole new PC and a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=HDCP">HDCP</a> monitor if you plan to
catch any of that hi-def. Or if you're way patient you could just wait around for <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=DCAS">DCAS</a> (Downloadable Conditional Access System) that makes all this
CableCARD security silliness go away with one fell software-based swoop, but you're going to look mighty silly if it's
2008 and you're still kicking back in SD.<br /><br />[Via <a
href="http://www.tivoblog.com/archives/2006/02/07/cablecard-guide/">TiVoBlog.com</a>]</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/cablecard.ars>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/589086/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-589086"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-589086?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-589086" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-589086&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" /></p>
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src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/cable_card.jpg" alt="" /></a>Ars Technica has a guide up for demystifying
that wild and wacky world that is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=CableCARD">CableCARD</a>. We can't say it
will make the wait for CableCARD 2.0 and it's multichannel goodness any easier, but at least you'll know the ins and
outs of what exactly you're waiting around for. They also throw down some HTPC deets, including the fact that there
aren't any guarantees of Vista interoperability with CableCARD 2.0, and even if you go for plain ol' CableCARD, you
might need to buy a whole new PC and a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=HDCP">HDCP</a> monitor if you plan to
catch any of that hi-def. Or if you're way patient you could just wait around for <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=DCAS">DCAS</a> (Downloadable Conditional Access System) that makes all this
CableCARD security silliness go away with one fell software-based swoop, but you're going to look mighty silly if it's
2008 and you're still kicking back in SD.<br /><br />[Via <a
href="http://www.tivoblog.com/archives/2006/02/07/cablecard-guide/">TiVoBlog.com</a>]</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/cablecard.ars>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/589086/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-589086"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-589086?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-589086" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-589086&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/02/08/cablecard-a-primer-from-ars-technica/" /></p>
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