Digital Cable Ready
Digital Cable Ready Arrives
You can see why the cable companies just hate the idea of cable without a setop box that they control. That's what DCR is all about. Get a CableCard from say Comcast and then you have your own equipment.
A "plug-and-play" DTV is a television that you can plug directly into your cable system and receive analog and most digital cable services without the need for a set-top box. The cable and consumer electronics industries have dubbed these types of televisions "digital cable ready" or DCR. More and more cable services are being provided in digital format, and broadcast stations are in the midst of the transition from analog to an all-digital service. These new sets make the DTV transition easy for the consumer.