My guess is, the cable companies see no "benefit" to them to add support for third-party devices like the TiVo, so they drag their feet and try to say that CableCARD is a dead product, all the while never promoting the fact that they even offer CC or support for other cable boxes. They have sweetheart deals with their preferred set-top box / DVR provider, and so don't see any reason why you, the customer, should be able to connect some foreign device to their network. I think only because TiVo begged and cajoled them into providing broad base support for a (third) third-party box to be able to two-way communicate -- what, that couldn't have been included in CC 1.0?? -- that you're even seeing support for it.
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My guess is, the cable companies see no "benefit" to them to add support for third-party devices like the TiVo, so they drag their feet and try to say that CableCARD is a dead product, all the while never promoting the fact that they even offer CC or support for other cable boxes. They have sweetheart deals with their preferred set-top box / DVR provider, and so don't see any reason why you, the customer, should be able to connect some foreign device to their network. I think only because TiVo begged and cajoled them into providing broad base support for a (third) third-party box to be able to two-way communicate -- what, that couldn't have been included in CC 1.0?? -- that you're even seeing support for it.