What does “one-way” digital-cable-ready mean?
The current “plug-and-play” agreement between the cable industry and TV manufacturers provides for unidirectional, or “one-way” connectivity, meaning that a Digital Cable Ready TV is able to receive signals from the cable operator, but it cannot send signals, like a two-way digital cable set-top box can, to the cable operator to request access to additional services like video-on-demand.
