Panasonic isn't the only company showing off its new tru2way-capable products; a quick trip around the show floor at CES along with a little bit of searching revealed many new components that are very close to hitting store shelves.

LG and Samsung each had a couple of televisions on display, all in the 40-57" range, much like Panasonic's offerings. Finding them proved to be a bit of a challenge, however, as none of the associates in the booths seemed to know anything about tru2way or OCAP. This is not completely unexepected at a show prone to 11th-hour announcements of emerging technologies.

The TV Guide booth had a display of its j-Guide, a rich java-based display that conforms to the OCAP standard. TV Guide also seems in need of the memo, as all of their signage still referred to Open Cable, rather than the rebranded tru2way.

On hand at Microsoft was a CableCard equipped device that interfaces with Media Center PCs. No tru2way capability was on-hand, but the associates were aware of the recent announcement and said products were currently in development.

by Tony Brown, a junior at the University of Missouri