Multi-stream CableCARDs, or M-Cards, make progress
CableLabs has issued a new press release:
So, what does this mean? Well, the TiVo Series3 was designed to use two single-stream cards, or it can use one M-Card. However, there hasn’t been a way to certify devices for M-Card, so the S3 has been effectively limited to using two cards. Now that TiVo can certify it for M-Card, and as M-Cards hit the market, users will be able to use one card:
The M-Card interface will allow multiple digital video streams to be decrypted simultaneously, even on unidirectional devices. Thus, a cable subscriber using an M-Card-enabled “Plug and Play†device can view one cable channel, while recording another. It is expected that DVR type devices will be the first to make use of the new multi-stream interface.
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November 30th, 2006 at 05:38
Cool, I cant wait for them to come out. I miss my On-Demand and Howard Stern on Demand. =)
November 30th, 2006 at 14:51
Well, I’m sorry to say you’ll have to keep waiting. M-Card has nothing to do with OnDemand or PPV access. That will have to wait for CableCARD 2.0 - which is NOT the same as M-Card, though people regularly confuse the two. CC2.0 is still a year or more off at the current pace.