Re: FCC Orders All TV's To Have Digital Tuners By 2007

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 22:51:09 -0400, Ben Gore <ben@hrdent.com> said:

> Of course it would be nice if it was a standard module. If that were
> the case, then you could have a scenario such as the local cable TV
> company providing a module instead of a converter box, and have it
> preprogrammed to descramble to services you have subscribed to. That
> would eliminate the set-top box, and truly get us down to one box
> for many homes.

This is required by the 1994 Cable Act, and the cable industry has
been dragging its feet on agreeing to a standard ever since.

-GAWollman