You are correct that instead of saying the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes have 2-way communication because they are OCAP compliant I should have said that they have cable company middleware, but I stand by the fact that the only way a 3rd party box like TiVO can have 2-way communication is if it is OCAP compliant.
I believe that Ben just created a new post that confirms my statements.
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Eric,
You are correct that instead of saying the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes have 2-way communication because they are OCAP compliant I should have said that they have cable company middleware, but I stand by the fact that the only way a 3rd party box like TiVO can have 2-way communication is if it is OCAP compliant.
I believe that Ben just created a new post that confirms my statements.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/06/18/cablecard-2-0-whats-the-hold-up/