• Tru2Way capable HDTVs coming before Christmas

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    Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

    Remember way back when Cable Card 2.0 promised us all the frills of a cable box, but with the actual damn box? Tru2Way, or OCAP in geek speak , is finally going to delivery guides, VOD, and even 3rd party apps. Cable Labs and Panasonic have been working on this open standard for years and both companies just announced availability before Christmas in Panasonic HDTVs. What TVs, we don’t know, but can you imagine a world without cable boxes? It’s going to be dandy.

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