Add Rogers to the list of cable operators that aren't happy with
tru2way -- which is in addition to the CE companies and the public at large. No folks, tru2way is the new technology that many love to hate and we can't say we blame 'em, but we aren't sure what ground the big cable company to the north has to stand on, as it isn't exactly the model of openness. You see as bad as we think our entire CableCARD fiasco is stateside, our cold friends who talk funny can't even enjoy the TiVo HD, a Moxi or Windows Media Center -- so yeah, it's much worse.
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x0rn @ Oct 29th 2009 1:19AM
I'm fine with my Scientific Atlanta 8300HD. All I want here up north is multi-room playback of my recordings.
Robin @ Oct 29th 2009 7:09AM
We can do HD in Media Center. It's just a process to get it going. (DVBLink + Hauppauge HD PVR is one way)
But ya, other than that, Rogers sucks
riverside_guy @ Oct 29th 2009 9:54AM
JUST the excuse for other cable cos to pull a "cablecard." As in feet dragging to force consumers to continue to rent their totally crappy DVR product
Not to mention apparent feet dragging already from TiVO, who seems to find patent suits more financially promising than advancing DVR hardware.
Evan @ Oct 29th 2009 10:56AM
Roger's Scientific Atlanta cable boxes offer a crappy user experience. I can't image Tru2way being any worst.
steve baker @ Oct 29th 2009 12:06PM
Canada may have the worst first world telecom service in the world. Canadians starting with Alexander Graham bell have been at the forefront of everything. Yet our sucessive goverments have let monopoly's play monopoly.
Nacho PATA @ Oct 29th 2009 2:56PM
Long ago Tivo decided to model itself after large software houses - all of them.
Why innovate when it's cheaper to buy, destroy, and litigate?
Paul @ Oct 29th 2009 3:26PM
Roger's certainly isn't open but that hasn't stopped many up in the Great White North from recording Cable HDTV on PCs and distributing it throughout the house...
parjanda @ Oct 31st 2009 3:21PM
Yeah, it is MUCH worse. I just can't believe that even after all these years, we can't get Tivo HD or Windows Media Center to work as they're meant to without having to jump through hoops. Is it really too much to ask?