JTY
join:2004-05-29
Ellensburg, WA
 ·Fairpoint Communic..
| The system is already open, just only a few are making boxes The system is already open to using other boxes. There is nothing stopping Sony, Panasonic, WalMart, etc. from making digital cable boxes, and selling them. They aren't selling them because there just isn't much market demand.
Most people I know, would rather pay $5/mo for their cable box, and not have to worry about it breaking, as opposed to paying $200 and getting something with a 90 day or 1 year warranty.
The funny thing is people like to pick on the cable companies about their system, which is open to third party box makers. Yet, they don't make much of an issue over satellite which has no box choices. |
