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Scientific Atlanta said that the
DCAS implementation will happen
when the government approves
DCAS as an alternative solution
to CableCARD (and it actually
happened on Jan 07, please
check the section dedicated to
Cable for more details);
government is expected to
determine what the system can
or cannot do. Once DCAS is
approved, it would be a year time
for its implementation. Some
chips are available and the
architecture is ready to support
the HW, it needs to add the SW.
Sharp
HDD DVR recorders, check 2005 report for details
DV-HRD200
DV-HRD20
Sony
ATSC/QAM cable tuner DVRs
DHG-HDD250 $800, TTM fall 04, 250GB HDD, 20 hours of HD recording
DHG-HDD500 $1000, TTM fall 04, 500GB HDD (two 250GB HDDs), 60 hours of HD
Check specs and details at 2005 report
Sylvania
6900DTE $329 ATSC tuner
TEAC
Nov 06
TEAC announced their plan to enter the HDTV tuner market with an external HDTV
tuner for notebook computers early in 2007, and a first portable storage device was
for Dec 1, 06.
“The HDTV tuner will be TEAC’s first venture into this product category”, said Aris
Gharapetian, TEAC’s marketing manager. The HD tuner connects via USB, $TBD
(but