What is so hard about using processors with clock speeds measured in megahertz and not kilohertz nowadays? What's funny (maybe not ha-ha funny, but anyway) is

What is so hard about using processors with clock speeds measured in megahertz and not kilohertz nowadays? What's funny (maybe not ha-ha funny, but anyway) is that the provided equipment is usually energy in-efficient as well. Even while "off". I'm not paying for cable now, and don't plan to in the future either. There's too much crap I don't want to watch, and I don't want to be stuck with their idea of a DVR either. And its too expensive.