Video Asylum

Posted by jedrider (A) on July 29, 2013 at 19:11:08

In Reply to: RE: Time warner going all digital posted by fstein on July 25, 2013 at 04:28:33

I suggest you DON'T need a setup box FOR NOW!

Comcast refuses to answer the question on what do I give up by not getting their set-top box for LIMITED BASIC service, but just keep re-iterating that one NEEDS the set-top box. I assume that they intend to convert everything to encrypted even though the likelihood of anyone stealing LIMITED BASIC service is not all that high and the cost is much, much higher requiring those damn little boxes -- and a waste of electricity, probably about 10 watts per box.

I've spend half-a-day trying to get their boxes to work and a technician has spent 2 hours trying to get the box to work with numerous phone calls to customer service. Clearly, there ought to be a better way: Leave the basic channels clear!!

Comcast has been very nice about it, but let's see how much more time they need to waste on this useless idea!