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I have a question. Theres all this talk about the new Motorola STBs that all the cable companies will have to start to use soon and how they have CableCard 2.0 slots but why would you want to use a cablecard with a STB if you could just plug the cable into the box anyway? Am I missing something? With my Moto DCT3412 all you do is plug the cable from the wall into it and then an HDMI cable to the TV. I thought the advantage of the cablecard was that you could just put it directly into the tv to get a better picture w/no stb. Will the TV manufacturers like Panasonic also have to get their tvs certified for the CableCard 2.0 standard for bi-directional tv?

Thnx for the help.

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