TWC prepping for multi-room dvr & tru2way

[klwillis45]

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/04/01/motorola-time-warner-mixing-up-multiroom-tru2way-cable-setups/

[oz]

I'm looking forward to muti-room DVR.  That might get me to rent another HD box instead of using QAM.

[TPK]

I'm looking forward to muti-room DVR.  That might get me to rent another HD box instead of using QAM.

Looks like you're still going to need to add wiring (to connect the boxes together) to get them to communicate with each other, so it won't be as simple as just putting in a different box (or boxes)...  Or am I wrong about that??

U-verse has this now (multi-room DVR), because the boxes are all on a local network in the home already...

Hopefully we will see these services either with U-verse or cable, streaming HD to the PC with either of these solutions (like DirectTV has now), so in theory we could make our own set top boxes (or purchase them outright from 3rd parties) and stop renting them from the cable company...  Although thats probably wishful thinking...

[LoadStar]

Looks like you're still going to need to add wiring (to connect the boxes together) to get them to communicate with each other, so it won't be as simple as just putting in a different box (or boxes)...  Or am I wrong about that??

Yeah, you're mistaken. They communicate using what is called MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance), so it can use the existing coax running throughout the house to communicate with each other.