erland;584455 Wrote: > > Removing the cable box integration means that they remove everything > that makes it unique as a video device compared to the competition. > MySB integration might be of interest but probably in the $300 Revue > version to make it look better compared to similar products.
This is especially true in the US: most people lease their cable boxes from the Cable providers here -- it really is not worth it to buy one in most cases. (Actually in many cases 'lease' isn't even the right word: if you eschew the DVR option, the first box is usually included with service and you don't need a cable box for 'basic' things in most markets. If what the people in Engineering tell me downstairs is accurate, they -must- provide local TV stations unscrambled, so just need a tuner.) Add in the "cable card" chaos, and I really don't see a reason to get an alternative cable box... keeping the price down is crucial. Why pay $300 for what I can get for free from Comcast? I don't want to see Facebook on a 42" screen. Comcast's "On Demand" works well enough. [And, yes, my dayjob is for a TV broadcaster that also happens to own a cable company and at one point was one of the largest cable companies in the US before selling out most of their operations to TCI... I still don't watch much TV.] -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
