Jeremy Charette
03-07-2006, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.edbott.com/mediacenter/archives/finally-details-on-cablecard-and-media-center/' target='_blank'>http://www.edbott.com/mediacenter/archives/finally-details-on-cablecard-and-media-center/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Engadget’s Stephen Speicher has an excellent interview with Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore, who runs the eHome division that produces Media Center. I encourage you to read the whole thing. For those who are too busy, I’ve summarized some of the key bits about CableCARD and Media Center here."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/7313_MotImage.jpg" /><br /><br />All of this certification makes interoperability more of a sure thing, but the problem with closed standards like this is that instead of giving consumers what they really want, it limits them to a few compromised choices. I'm not sure I like that idea. I'd rather see market competition produce the best of the breed, not some committee's idea of what consumers should want to buy. I think true innovation is going to be increasingly stifled, all in the name of funneling more consumer dollars into the pockets of a few large corporations and licensees.