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LG's OCAP-equipped 42PC1DN HD plasma on the way
Looking for a dash of DRM right on your television set, without having to turn to your cable or satellite provider? LG has just the thing, as it's finally getting set to drop a 42-inch HD plasma that sports "built-in OCAP (open cable application platform) technology," presumably nestled close to the integrated downloadable content protection (DCAS). The 42PC1DN also rocks multistream CableCARD support, "iDCR interactive capabilities," and HD interactive services such as HD VOD. While the full skinny of specs hasn't yet been revealed, be sure to keep an eye out for more tidbits on this set during the buildup to CES.
CES: Cable industry shows support for OCAP
The cable TV industry held a press conference at CES to show off the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) and their progress. In case you weren't paying attention, this is what will allow manufacturers of TV's and set-top boxes to make and sell devices directly to consumers that have the same capabilities (or maybe additional capabilities) as the boxes you can lease from your cable operator.Comcast, Charter and Advance all announced plans for limited rollouts in 2006, with other providers like Cox and Cablevision having similar plans, it will probably be over the next couple years we see this rolled out everywhere, hopefully by which time we'll have some sort of bidirectional support for HDTV tuners on the PC. LG Panasonic and Samsung are all down with OCAP with LG also recently signing a deal to include the new downloadable content protection (DCAS) in their products.So yeah, more DRM'd through and through devices for your home, but potentially much more choice over how you want to view the content you're paying for from your cable company.
