Comment Old boxes just won't die (Score 1) 394
The problem is simple:
1) Old boxes just won't die.
2) Cable companies don't want to replace equipment unless they absolutely have to.
Comcast still supports the old VCR-sized, power guzzling GeneralInstruments/Motorola cable boxes that they gave out when digital cable just started. These fuckers are huge, heavy, consume ridiculous amounts of energy and spew out tons of heat.
I had one for a few years in the early 00s until I got rid of cable.
They don't even support HD, they're THAT old. Yet there's still millions of them out there, mostly owned by people who don't care about HD, and they won't be replaced until they die or the cable company stops supporting them, which is likely to be not until they do die. Good luck with that.