Sunday begins new era for cable subscribers

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A Federal Communications Commission order taking effect on Sunday requires all major cable operators to give up the conventional cable boxes they so profitably lease to subscribers. These proprietary boxes contain technology for functions such as video-on-demand and perhaps a digital video recorder — and also house the operator's decoder that unscrambles digital, premium and HDTV channels.

This deadline could bring a wave of new TV viewing options for many of the 65.6 million homes connected to cable.

What does this mean for the future of TV Tuner cards?

AMD - ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner is just one example of things to come.