http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/ Engadget Comments for Time Warner Cable looks to bring internet content to TVs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/
First up, IPTV - TWC has dabbled in this before (http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=cdn&doc_id=135542). It's as simple as telling the customer where to go to get the IPTV, and voila. Not much magic there. Maybe we'll get a docsis 3.0 rollout? lol! Just kidding. ;D

Second, there are new monster boxes "coming out" that do EVERYTHING. It's ugly. (http://broadband.motorola.com/mso/product_information/dct6000.html) They pull cable box duties in addition to having a built-in cable modem & ethernet port. Add in multi-room DVR (mr-dvr) support, and you've basically got a gateway box that can share media with other cable boxes in the residence, along with providing Internet service. It's not a stretch of the imagination to see a wireless router built in to one of these monstrosities.

Either way, I wouldn't expect either one of these to be pushed to customers any time soon. Apparently IPTV wasn't a hit in the test markets, and an SA mr-dvr with a dvd burner was introduced at CES 2006...wonderful how we've got mr-dvr's available in all markets now, right....?]]>May 30th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/May 30th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/May 30th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/May 30th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/
I could list 27 MAJOR bugs with it that were not a problem with the old Passport software, but I'll save you that horror.

Except for one. What good is a DVR if it can't keep your "Do Not Delete" items?]]>May 30th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/
Let's fix what's broken and then improve upon the rest! I can't believe how they messed up something that was good the way it was.


]]>Jun 2nd 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/May 30th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/To reboot TV, hold down Play, Stop, Rewind, and Press the Power Button for 15 seconds.

Seriously though, its bad enough to fix spyware/viruses on computers, has this been thought out?]]>May 30th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/
Nobody that I know watches TV anymore. We watch shows streamed off private servers, accessible via the web.

We download movies, we watch them streaming live.

It's sad to think these are the people who are making decisions regarding our entertainment options.]]>May 30th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/May 31st 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/time-warner-cable-looks-to-bring-internet-content-to-tvs/
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuide/HowCompaniesWereRanked.aspx]]>Jun 1st 2008 1:52PM