Sony Readying High Capacity PS3 DVR Bundle

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Grimes said:

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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.

I actually think the concept of the cable card was a good one. I'm just a realist and recognize a failure when I see one. I mean cable card was legislated in 1996 and 14 years later nobody knows about it.

There is no money in making this 'killer app'. Tivo was about as close to a killer app as you can get and what happened? The cable companies copied it and kept all they money for themselves. Microsoft even tried, it was called UltimateTV. What happened? Nothing because there was no money in it.

TIVO didn't do it because you still have to pay a monthly fee.  Your choice is to lay out $400-$800 dollars for TIVO and pay $12 a month or pay no initial cost and only around $15 a month to the cable company.  It's a no brainer for most people.

If a solution came out at $200 or less with no monthly fee, you'd see some real competition for the cable companies.  It may not be cost effective right now, but it could be in the near future.