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Set-Top Cable Box Rentals MIGHT be going away.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:17 pm
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The FCC and cable companies have been butting heads for nearly a year over how to regulate set-top boxes, and today FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined his latest plan in an LA Times op-ed. The new plan to "Unlock the Box" is a compromise that embraces some earlier suggestions from the cable industry. Notably, Wheeler's proposal calls for pay-TV providers to create free apps that consumers can download on the device of their choice, such as Roku, Apple TV, Xbox One, PS4, smart TVs, or Windows, iOS and Android devices. Or, consumers can keep their set-top boxes.
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Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:18 pm to SG_Geaux
the xfinity x1 app sucks on android fwiw
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:20 pm to CAD703X
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the xfinity x1 app sucks on android fwiw
Because they want you to keep renting the box
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:24 pm to SG_Geaux
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Because they want you to keep renting the box
right. my gut tells me whichever way the decision goes their support for 3rd party boxes will be lackluster at best resulting in enough frustration you'll just go back to renting their box.
how does the FCC not see that?
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:25 pm to SG_Geaux
i bet the new xbox (project scorpio) and the ps5 both have full cable box integration when they come out.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:32 pm to SG_Geaux
There is an integrator in NJ making boxes using the Kodi software.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:36 pm to SG_Geaux
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Notably, Wheeler's proposal calls for pay-TV providers to create free apps that consumers can download on the device of their choice, such as Roku, Apple TV, Xbox One, PS4, smart TVs, or Windows, iOS and Android devices. Or, consumers can keep their set-top boxes.
Cable companies would also have to heavily invest in cloud based DVR tech since cable boxes use their hard drives to record the shows.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:56 pm to RedPants
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Cable companies would also have to heavily invest in cloud based DVR tech since cable boxes use their hard drives to record the shows.
no they wouldnt. DVR service is an upsell, they can use dvr as a reason to use their box over a rival box.
they would just have to make cable service available, not the frills.
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