The future: New Comcast STB, RIP CableCard

[wirecreative]

I've heard about a couple of recent developments, but don't follow this stuff closely enough to know what to make of it.

First a guy I know who does installations for Comcast here in Portland told me there's a new DVR STB that shows up in his truck from time to time, it not only has a bigger hard drive but he thinks all of the ports on the back (USB, 1394, etc.) are active.

Second, I read on Engadget a few weeks ago that Cable Card is being phased out for something else.

Anyone know more about these developments and if/how they might change the way we use SageTV? The recent castration of unencrypted Clear QAM on anything over channel 32 has been a big blow to me.

[stanger89]

Sage doesn't support CableCard anyway.

[MitchSchaft]

Good ridance is what I say. I hope CableLabs learned their lesson with all the restrictions. Not that it was going to work with Sage anyway...

[wirecreative]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Sage doesn't support CableCard anyway.

Exactly, which is why its demise might be promising for us. Maybe.