said by AZ_OGM :

I know that the SD Digital boxes are Sci-Atl. But when I had an SD DVR about 18 months ago, I could have swore that it was a Motorola 8200. I could be wrong on that though.

said by ajwees41 :

dvd isn't your area SA/Cisco where Sue's is Motorola?

said by BillRoland :

I keep seeing these statements that Cox and other cable companies are rolling in the dough from box rental fees. Indulge me, please, on how you came to that conclusion? If we assume Cox buys an HD box for $300 (and no, whatever price you saw on eBay is irrelevant because as others have said, the box is almost certainly stolen or defective), and charges $5.95 a month for me to rent it, it would take me over 4 years to spend the $300 it would have taken to buy the box. Is that really being ripped off? Not to mention that if the box develops any kind of defect, I simply have to take it back to Cox and they'll exchange it for whatever the newest thing they've got is. Is that also a rip off? I'm sorry but I can't see from a logical perspective how we're getting ripped off. Not only that, why aren't you all screaming and hollering about DirecTV, Dish Network, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-Verse? They all require boxes as well. In fact looking at Verizon's FiOS box rental rates, they're higher than Cox's in my area.

I think some of you need a dose of perspective.

said by Barsoap :

I agree that the rental charges are insane, but more insane than even that is the 'gateway access' fees. Doesn't Cox prefer that we use digital service? If Cox ever does away with all of the analog transmissions, will we still have to pay for digital 'gateway access'? Note that satellite providers don't charge an atomic fee for access to their digital transmissions.

I probably could handle getting bent over $35+/mo for DVR fees, but bending over twice for 'gateway access' is just ridiculous. And I'd bet if I tried to pursue cablecard access, Cox would resist it all the way and try to talk me out of it somehow.