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Let Consumers Use Better, Cheaper Cable Boxes
- vinhboy 11y agoI am one of those people who bought a used TiVo box and used it with a cablecard from Comcast. The reason I did this is because with a basic cable subscription you can't watch HD channels, even though the HD channels are free, because they will only give you a non-hd cable box. After researching online, I found that you can use a TiVo box with a cablecard and get HD channels. I can only imagine that millions of Comcast basic cable customers out there are either 1) watching non-HD TV, or 2) paying extra for an upgraded cable box because they don't know this trick. I completely agree that this business model needs to change. I should be able to receive cable channels, that I pay for, with whatever device I want. Being able to receive cable channels with my chromecast would be awesome. One less crap to keep around.