blow up the cable box

but this cash cow won't just be given up without a fight. The ones who stand to lose will simply rearrange their fees in another way, so that the cost of access either will not change by much or the basic costs may just go up.

There doesn't ever seem to be a win for the little people held over the corporate barrel.

I've seen better interfaces written by college interns. Cable companies write truly awful code.

and the only time I can honestly say I've missed cable was during the olympics, which I've generally not been able to watch. Other than that, no issues, and I can't imagine why anyone keeps writing that big monthly check.

That last couple years I've gotten netflix and amazon prime service, which is pretty cheap, and far more content than I'd ever have time to watch. I figure the amount I've saved over the years opting out of cable has constituted a substantial boost to my retirement savings, which would have been much more difficult to do while paying for cable.

I am trying to get lower bills then my neighbor. I only beat him once....lol. 3 weeks without AC cuz it broke and needed fixed. Anyway, doing research I found that cable box uses more energy then the TV. Grrrrr. I was shocked by that. Hopefully this new box is more energy efficient.

I am redoing a few things now. Lol.

But would love something that ha a DVR without the fees to the cable company.

Of course some phone and cable companies say you have to lease their modem/router.

In a years' time or so, the cost will break even, and you'll maybe get a handful of years use out of it. My last cable modem was probably 7 years old. I recently decided to upgrade my internet from the standard 15, to 100Mbps, so a new modem was definitely needed, Now I can stream 4k video content with no buffering

I wish they would do the same for the cable/satellite boxes, but the problem with that is cable/sat providers make their own programming software and data encryption, so they have a monopoly on providing very specific equipment that you can't really get off the shelf anywhere.

I used to work for a part of Verizon that was spun off to Frontier. They wanted us to pass the leased/new modem BS off the customers. I told them keep their present modem.

can not get it because of the condo assoc.

would love to get rid of time warner

It's a fight between Big Cable and Tech; they're the ones with influence, not us.

They know we're going to do whatever they come up with because we're addicted to TV.