#cable

How a Simple Cable Box and an Innovative Company Shaped Our TV Experience and Revolutionized an Industry

The four-finger method worked for seven days. And during that unforgettable week, my neighborhood shut down. Nerf footballs sat untouched on driveway blacktops, tumbleweed rolled across emptied bike paths, dust gathered on Intellivision gaming consoles, zero progress was made on bar mitzvah haftorah portions.

The four-finger method worked for seven days. And during that unforgettable week, my neighborhood shut down. Nerf footballs sat untouched on driveway blacktops, tumbleweed rolled across emptied bike paths, dust gathered on Intellivision gaming consoles, zero progress was made on bar mitzvah haftorah portions.

If all they do is make a really nice TV set like everyone else’s, it’ll probably be as interesting as the Airport Extreme: a nice product in its category, but not exciting or scaring the crap out of anyone. But if they’ve managed to pull off something more interesting, I’d hate to be in the TV business when it’s released.

Good for them, I

"it'd give you access to cable video-on-demand, and other two-way services that have been previously off-limits to TiVo users"

"today we’re without cable again, but not because we can’t afford it."

"US Presidential hopeful John McCain is pushing the idea of la carte pricing to the US Senate."