I'm no expert but I fail to see the downside. Basically the NCTA is in agreement with Verizon but under current standards mandated by the FCC what Verizon wants will not work. The NCTA would like to see 1394 connections replaced with RJ45. Right?
No, the NCTA is not in agreement with Verizon, but this shyster used incredibly slick language to project the appearance of an agreement.
What Verizon (and most of us) want is a standard where you can take ANY TV and plug it directly into ANY digital TV service without any intermediary device such as a set-top-box, as long as both support the standard. It also wants the standard to allow anyone to develop applications that will run on such TVs.
Meaning, you could take this "OpenStandard" TV and plug it into DirecTV, Dish Network, Cable, FiOS, Uverse or any other system, and have it work with full two-way connectivity (technology permitting,) without the use of a Set-Top-Box of any kind, running UI and/or Guide software chosen by you or the device manufacturer.
Tru2way doesn't provide this. Tru2way only works with digital cable and specifically prevents you or the device maker from choosing the apps that run on it. For those who want to use tru2way devices on services other than cable, Kyle McSlarrow's solution is simple... use a set-top-box. Some solution.
The whole thing with 1394 vs. Ethernet is a total red-herring, designed to push Cable's agenda. Cable hates putting 1394 ports in their boxes.
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I'm no expert but I fail to see the downside. Basically the NCTA is in agreement with Verizon but under current standards mandated by the FCC what Verizon wants will not work. The NCTA would like to see 1394 connections replaced with RJ45. Right?
No, the NCTA is not in agreement with Verizon, but this shyster used incredibly slick language to project the appearance of an agreement.
What Verizon (and most of us) want is a standard where you can take ANY TV and plug it directly into ANY digital TV service without any intermediary device such as a set-top-box, as long as both support the standard. It also wants the standard to allow anyone to develop applications that will run on such TVs.
Meaning, you could take this "OpenStandard" TV and plug it into DirecTV, Dish Network, Cable, FiOS, Uverse or any other system, and have it work with full two-way connectivity (technology permitting,) without the use of a Set-Top-Box of any kind, running UI and/or Guide software chosen by you or the device manufacturer.
Tru2way doesn't provide this. Tru2way only works with digital cable and specifically prevents you or the device maker from choosing the apps that run on it. For those who want to use tru2way devices on services other than cable, Kyle McSlarrow's solution is simple... use a set-top-box. Some solution.
The whole thing with 1394 vs. Ethernet is a total red-herring, designed to push Cable's agenda. Cable hates putting 1394 ports in their boxes.