It’s no surprise to anyone who’s had any involvement with Cable Cards that it’s been an utter failure. Mix in SDV, and it really get ugly. Below is a nice article about where some of the hardware providers — most notably TiVo, think the industry should head. Sounds like it makes sense. But how much do you want to bet that Time Warner, Comcast and a host of other bastards will find things to complain about with it (DRM most likely, as the article points out) *and* ways to muck it up?
TiVo, Sony and others to FCC: ‘gateways’ should replace CableCARD