 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | The problem is A) A lot of TV don't even have cablecard slots
B) Cable companies make ZERO effort to inform customers it's a choice. Why would they. They'd lose money on cable box rentals fees.
C)With a card yes I can get digital cable but the program guide and PPV don't work. So how is that a benefit to me? I'd rather have the box at this point.
D)Someone has to comes out and isntall this card. Ok it's a fricken card, just slide it in. Who wants to pay the cable company $30 so some tech can slide a card in the back of your TV?
Once more TVs with cablecard slots are sold, consumers are made aware of this choice and the technology improves to where you can get PPV and program guide and "professional installation" is not required, then this will take off. |
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| said by BF69:A) A lot of TV don't even have cablecard slots Mostly the larger, higher end HDTVs have them as well as the new Tivo Series 3.
said by BF69:B) Cable companies make ZERO effort to inform customers it's a choice. Why would they. They'd lose money on cable box rentals fees. No argument here. Comcast even tried to get out of deploying them.
said by BF69:C)With a card yes I can get digital cable but the program guide and PPV don't work. So how is that a benefit to me? I'd rather have the box at this point. Should be fixed with Cablecard 2.0 (crossing fingers) 
said by BF69:D)Someone has to comes out and isntall this card. Ok it's a fricken card, just slide it in. Who wants to pay the cable company $30 so some tech can slide a card in the back of your TV? Most people can't program their TVs properly so I can see the need for a tech but allow some of us to install it ourselves.
said by BF69:Once more TVs with cablecard slots are sold, consumers are made aware of this choice and the technology improves to where you can get PPV and program guide and "professional installation" is not required, then this will take off. Unless the cable companies fight even more. |
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 TomekPremium
join:2002-01-30
Valley Stream, NY | reply to BF69
TWC I had to dig into Time Warner website to find one page that has some info about the card. The TWC makes all efforts to discourage customers and force them into renting their receivers.
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Re: The problem is
The problem is
D)Someone has to comes out and isntall this card. Ok it's a fricken card, just slide it in. Who wants to pay the cable company $30 so some tech can slide a card in the back of your TV?
Got news for you it not that simple to just slide it in. There been cases where it took over 2 weeks for the company to get them to work ok. I went to the center and got 3 cards 2 worked but one didn't. So I had to run back to the center had exchange the card. I spent about $20.00 on gas to get the cards plus the time i spent. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by Caddyroger: The problem is D)Someone has to comes out and isntall this card. Ok it's a fricken card, just slide it in. Who wants to pay the cable company $30 so some tech can slide a card in the back of your TV? Got news for you it not that simple to just slide it in. There been cases where it took over 2 weeks for the company to get them to work ok. I went to the center and got 3 cards 2 worked but one didn't. So I had to run back to the center had exchange the card. I spent about $20.00 on gas to get the cards plus the time i spent. I've got news for you, it SHOULD be that simple. That's the point. The fact that's it's not explains a lot about why no one uses the stupid things in the first place. |
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Re: TWC Agreed. In late 2005, TWC stated that they wouldn't have cablecards until 2006. I never checked back again and was turned-off by lack of support for pay per view. How did that get overlooked in the cablecard??? Crazy. |
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