I can't speak for people using actual modems, but my household cut the cord a while back and just uses a really big computer monitor attached directly to a dedi

I can't speak for people using actual modems, but my household cut the cord a while back and just uses a really big computer monitor attached directly to a dedicated cheap computer for pulling up Netflix, Hulu, etc. or watching local movies. There's a tiny portable keyboard/touchpad combo for it as the "remote".