I hardly think you can Blame Microsoft for this. CableCard is a PITA and that has nothing to do with them. It took me 2 weeks just to get my Tivo working correctly with 2 cards. In this case Microsoft has to deal with ATI, Dell and the cable company.
And when the vast majority of cable employees don't even know what a cable card is (like in my case) then you are in trouble.
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I hardly think you can Blame Microsoft for this. CableCard is a PITA and that has nothing to do with them. It took me 2 weeks just to get my Tivo working correctly with 2 cards. In this case Microsoft has to deal with ATI, Dell and the cable company.
And when the vast majority of cable employees don't even know what a cable card is (like in my case) then you are in trouble.