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Thor_MN

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5. And the boxes have crappy interfaces.

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:42 PM

Mar 2016

I don't think if I were trying to torture someone with a bad design that I could program something so shitty.

Let me blank out the channels I don't watch, or at least the channels I don't get. Let me choose the order of the channels so I can put similar stuff together. WTF do I have to hit the up arrow to go to lower channel numbers?

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Why on earth can't a company just manufacture a tv that can [View all] avebury Mar 2016 OP

Because of encryption which allows the cable company to control what channels you get.... PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #1

But in you pay for service from a cable company, their system knows avebury Mar 2016 #2

Them converter boxes can be had for one-two dollars at every thrift store in america Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #3

What? Can't dial out on rotary phones anymore? Iggo Mar 2016 #10

Idk, but you can buy the converter boxes from other manufacturers instead of rent them ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #4

And the boxes have crappy interfaces. Thor_MN Mar 2016 #5

I have been without Tv for a long long time... yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #6

I switched over to internet streaming with Roku a month or so ago. Kaleva Mar 2016 #7

Our cable company did this a year ago and I ordered a box for our bedroom TV mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #8

I decided to just go ahead and cancel my cable. avebury Mar 2016 #9

Currently manufactured TVs can all get digital broadcast signals over the air Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2016 #11