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smooth wombat writes “In a move to stave off the FCC, cable operators have now agreed upon one standard to allow TVs and other gear that will work regardless of cable provider. that standard should allow the development of new services and features that rely on two-way communication by

the cable network. The core of the matter is that: there are tvs and other devices which can receive digital programming but cannot talk back to the network. As

a aftermath, subscribers must rent out boxes from cable companies. that new standard should, in theory, do away with having to rent a box. There are two downsides to that standard. First, Sony has not signed […]

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