Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am looking for a device that will stream sound from one source to several recipients. For example, I want to stream sound from my TV or stereo to my phone or MP3 player that has radio and Bluetooth capabilities. I have looked into radio transmitters and they seem like a decent choice, but I can't find one that uses external power (USB or from the plug) and I would want one with a transmit range of around 50 meters. Thanks!"
OK.. show of hands. How many HDTV owners have a "Top" on their "Set" big enough to put all these freakin' "Set Top Boxes"?
Wasn't that one of the points with cablecards? Get rid of all the stupid boxes?
So here we have a solution to your incompatible set top "box-less-ness"... a set top box !
Of course they could accomplish this all with a dongle, but now I'll have to find more shelf space to set this thing somewhere. I mean, look at the thing. They barfed 2-3 different design themes into a single bizarre shape. CableLabs is the only organization I know of that purposefully puts out bad products that they don't want their customers to ever use.
I couldn't agree more. Granted I don't know a hell of a lot about this device or SDV in general but if this is just a USB dongle and communications are still going to utilize the coaxial cable, why can this not be accomplished via a software/firmware update from TiVo? I know they may be provider specific but TiVo already knows who your provider is.