Grimes said:
whatever said:
Grimes said:
whatever said:
Grimes said:
Mitsurugi said:
Sony,why tell me something if I doesnt pertain to my region? Is it just to torture me?
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The cable/satellite companies use private encryption on their programming. So to record from these sources, you have to go through these companies and they want money for it. This is why they sell their own boxes, because then they can keep 100% of the money.
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Yes, but they are required by law to provide cable cards at very low cost (TIVO uses these). This could easily be incorporated into a PS3 (or 360) add on unit.
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You mean cable card which the FCC admitted was a failure?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/fcc-admits-cablecard-a-failure-vows-to-try-something-else.ars
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Where does it say it won't exist anymore?
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I didn't say it doesn't exist. But without the cable companies support it has gone nowhere fast. There is no financial incentive for the cable companies to support it, so they drag their feet which effectively kills it.
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The cable companies have no choice but to support it. It just hasn't had the "killer app" yet. It's not going to go away. The main problem has been its "one-way" nature so you can't get on demand programming. But that will be taken care of in the next iteration. Also, most people don't even know about it, but I use one in my TV. It works great and it's less than $3 a month.
If someone like Sony or M$ were to provide a reasonably priced add-on ($200 or less), that could be the "killer app" it would need to become relevant.
