I've had cablecard for over a year in my DLP Mitsubishi and I've never once used it. Good thing it's free from Comcast! Why don't I use it? Because I ONLY watch TV off my HD-DVR just like anyone else with Tivo/DVR. Cablecard would be nice for a bedroom LCD where you want to limit clutter, but not for your main tv. I think cablecard will be very important for devices such as the Series3 Tivo, and Media Center PC's. I've been dying for full cable support on these devices and cannot wait for them to come out. Too bad Microsoft is about to delay vista again...which delays cablecard support on the PC. Hopefully Apple beats them to the punch and releases a cablecard compatible minimac for the home theater.
IMO cablecard in a 50" or larger tv is not needed because chances are the person will use a DVR. But, I think it's important to keep cablecard support in the smaller wall mountable TV's such as Plasma and LCD where often times people want to eliminate clutter such as a cable box or DVR.
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I've had cablecard for over a year in my DLP Mitsubishi and I've never once used it. Good thing it's free from Comcast! Why don't I use it? Because I ONLY watch TV off my HD-DVR just like anyone else with Tivo/DVR. Cablecard would be nice for a bedroom LCD where you want to limit clutter, but not for your main tv.
I think cablecard will be very important for devices such as the Series3 Tivo, and Media Center PC's. I've been dying for full cable support on these devices and cannot wait for them to come out. Too bad Microsoft is about to delay vista again...which delays cablecard support on the PC. Hopefully Apple beats them to the punch and releases a cablecard compatible minimac for the home theater.
IMO cablecard in a 50" or larger tv is not needed because chances are the person will use a DVR. But, I think it's important to keep cablecard support in the smaller wall mountable TV's such as Plasma and LCD where often times people want to eliminate clutter such as a cable box or DVR.