Some believe that the Internet will in time dominate entertainment in the living room as most content goes over the Web to TV sets. Therefore, cable operators would only have to provide the pipes, which would mean less revenue for the cable industry. However, CableLabs, the research and development (R&D) unit of the cable industry, is allowing cable operators to roll out technology that could streamline and ease new applications and assist cable TV in maintaining its leadership in home entertainment. To date technology used is made up of many different systems, so service upgrades are difficult. This was the case even though many systems were combinations from Comcast, Time Warner, and other giants. The new technology known as OCAP (Open Cable Application Information) is software that operates similarly to an operating system (OS) that runs on digital cable set-top boxes and other devices. OCAP, can for instance, be seen as software for set-top boxes that would be equivalent to Microsoft Windows for computers. Therefore, the addition of a new feature would be just as easy, irrespective of the cable system in use. Software companies are expected to get creative in development of new applications, which will not have to be customized to fit separate cable systems. Among topics covered are OCAP's support for design in which various components (including DVD players and DVRs) can part of a set-top box, purchasable set-top boxes, potential future new devices, and efforts to get the technology out there as fast as possible.