And there's a pretty good overview of some of the problems on the wikipedia entry for CableCard.
Also of note, the cable companies (with the exception of Charter) are intending to switch to the next generation system (tru2way) this coming summer. I haven't done any research to see if the TiVoHD models will support that or not, I suspect TiVo users on your flist might have a better idea than I.
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Date: 2009-01-16 03:06 am (UTC)http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/951
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081226-comcast-sued-for-not-selling-set-top-boxes-cablecards.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081223-cablecard-still-goes-unloved-except-in-set-top-boxes.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081017-fcc-fines-cable-for-anticompetitive-switched-digital-video.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080922-is-cablecard-a-dud-only-2000-requested-over-summer.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080814-angry-customer-sues-time-warner-over-forced-cable-box-rental.html
And there's a pretty good overview of some of the problems on the wikipedia entry for CableCard.
Also of note, the cable companies (with the exception of Charter) are intending to switch to the next generation system (tru2way) this coming summer. I haven't done any research to see if the TiVoHD models will support that or not, I suspect TiVo users on your flist might have a better idea than I.