As if Americans needed another reason to hate their cable companies, energy experts are now pointing to set-top cable boxes as one of the most power-hungry electrical devices in the home. According to ...
New York (CNN) — The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying ...
President Obama, in fact, just recently stated his agreement with the idea of unfettering cable subscribers to their providers’ cable boxes, and instead allowing customers to use the set-top boxes ...
The cable box appears to be going the way of the VCR. Spectrum, late last year, announced plans to phase out traditional cable boxes in favor of a streaming device. And while Comcast isn’t quite ready ...
About a year ago, I had enough. I was so sick of putting up with Comcast’s ridiculous rates for terrible service that I decided to cancel everything but the Internet. Truth be told, I kept basic cable ...
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new approach Thursday to the 20-year-old federal requirement that cable-TV customers not be compelled to rent a set-top box from the local ...
The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying to catch up with ...