Coming to a cable provider near you -- maybe. The SMT-H3050 from Samsung is set-top box that is embedded with DOCCSIS 2.0 Cable Card and
OCAP support for full interactivity. The box can output the video via S-Vid or HDMI and audio through an optical or dig-coax cable. There isn't a price for it yet, as the Samsung staffers don't know if this product is going to hit the retail markets yet, but they are pitching the unit to service providers. It would make sence that a person would buy this product, as this is the first box to allow a user to get all the goodies from their cable company (i.e. program guide, VOD, pay-per-view) without leasing their cable companie's equipment. Why wouldn't Samsung want to sell this item? We are sure some of you would love to kick your cable box to the road. Right?
Pics of cable card support after the link
posted Sep 15th 2006 7:39AM
Until consumers can run down to their favorite Best Buy store and pick one up and have any cable television provider friendly, its going to be a difficult sale. Between Scientific Atlanta and Motorola, I do not seeing cable television providers breaking ground on a new hardware vendor. Where would the incentive be?
Until consumers can run down to their favorite Best Buy store and pick one up and have any cable television provider friendly, its going to be a difficult sale. Between Scientific Atlanta and Motorola, I do not seeing cable television providers breaking ground on a new hardware vendor. Where would the incentive be?