OpenCable officially becomes tru2way

In the latest episode of as the cable industry turns, the rumors that CableLabs would rename OpenCable to tru2Way are indeed true. For those keeping track at home, once upon a time the world dreamed of ditching their cable box, but wanted to continue to take advantage of all the services their cable co' forced them to pay for. Then after an act of congress and ten years time; along came CableCARD, but left out VOD and PPV, so we all waited with baited breath for CableCARD 2.0 -- but it never came. But hope wasn't lost, as CableLabs released OCAP, which was marketed as OpenCable, but there was still no love from the industry. So what is CableLabs to do? It does the same thing anyone does when in this predicament; give it a new name. Whether a new name is what's needed to gets things moving remains to be seen, we're at the largest consumer electronics show in the US this week and although we've yet to see any tru2way enabled HDTVs or DVRs just yet, we'll keep you posted.

[Ryan @ Jan 7th 2008 12:22PM]

I just came out with a company, I am calling it: fals2way, I am going with a red-orange to blue gradient instead.

[paragraph @ Jan 7th 2008 12:22PM]

Give it time, these things take a while, especially when most consumers arn't going to really utilize the technology.

[OneLove @ Jan 7th 2008 12:31PM]

Is it true2way or tru2way? I like try3way better.

[The Nagual @ Jan 7th 2008 12:48PM]

Comcast - Panasonic - Tru2way

"Through our relationship with Panasonic, we’re introducing the industry’s first portable DVR player powered by tru2way technology..."

http://www.comcast.com/ces/tru2way.aspx

[Demodave @ Jan 7th 2008 12:58PM]

I must admit...as much as people bag on Comcast, they were the first to bring Tivo to a cable DVR; and now they are the first to utilize this new technology. Not too bad. I'm stuck with Cox, which makes tons of promises but is very slow in actually implementing change.

[Beau @ Jan 7th 2008 3:18PM]

panasonic is supporting it later this year