Ok, we've seen
multiroom setups, mostly from
IPTV providers, and
tru2way has had a limited rollout so far, but Time Warner Cable and Motorola are teaming up to be the first to bring the two together in customers homes. Follow Me TV is already available on
FiOS, but the
Dolby Digital Plus-supporting DCX3400-M DVR we
saw at CES in '08 and DXC-3200M set-top box will make it happen on cable, shifting high definition video around the house via Multimedia over Coaxial Alliance (
MoCA) connections. Hopefully tru2way's interoperability lets customers choose what equipment makes up their home video network, not just the cable company, but we should find out more after launch later this year.
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Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 1st 2009 12:55PM
if this is released and at a good price I will love this. especially assuming a Tru2Way card can be placed in my PC
rendezvous65 @ Apr 1st 2009 1:44PM
TWC is also testing a Samsung HD-DVR that supports tru2way. The SMT-H3090 can be ordered with MoCA for their multi room DVR. If you want multiroom DVR then you'll need a MoCA enabled cable box. That means swapping your boxes with new ones that have MoCA. The DCX3400 series isn't a bad box. TWC will probably order the DCX3432-M which would have multi room and a 320 GB HDD. TWC was also rumored in buying Samsung SMT-H3090's with MoCA and a 320 GB HDD.
rendezvous65 @ Apr 2nd 2009 1:54AM
Tru2way uses just regular cable cards. All cable cards are support 2 way communications but it's the host that determines that. However tru2way might not be until windows 7. The Moto DCX3400 and SMT-H3090 are MSO boxes yet the Samsung SMT-H3090 is listed on the Samsung website as a set top box. It even mentions TWC in the URL. If your division is deploying the SMT-H3050 HD-STB then you'll likely be getting the SMT-H3090 HD-DVR. The SMT-H3090 and the DCX3400 do support DLNA with uPnP aka DLNA uPnP. If ODN TWC's OCAP/tru2way software supports it then you can stream contents to other DLNA devices.
The DCX boxes are for Moto areas while the Samsung boxes are for Cisco/SA navigator areas. That doesn't mean they can deploy them in those areas. TWC is shooting for this summer for the Samsung HD-DVR for NYC. Other areas might get it before or probably after. 2H'09 is the launch date.
rendezvous65 @ Apr 4th 2009 1:16AM
If you live in Charlotte, NC, Kansas City, MO or are in the outlying areas, you can now get the SMT-H3090. It's got ethernet, and all the usual inputs. Home networking isn't enabled yet. It probably supports MoCA. It does have the 320 GB HDD and an all digital tuner. It has the logo Home Network on it. The bad news is that the guide is now stretched to 16:9. It's a 4:3 ODN guide stretched to 16:9. Oh well. At least I get a bigger HDD. The CPU is much faster since it's Broadcom BCM7405 which is much better than HDC boxes. I still have to wait to see if San Diego has them. I hope your division gets them since they are much better.
johnny @ Apr 2nd 2009 9:06AM
Does this MOTO DCX3400 have an ENTROPIC MOCA chipset or an integrated BROADCOM MOCA chipset ?