Why Buy a Flaw-Filled Cable Company Box? (Score 1)

That's the question of the day. I guess I can see having the right to by a $350 piece of crap but why on earth would you want to? At least as it is now, the cable company will swap the boxes whenever there is a problem with it. If you buy it, it's yours. You own it. No more lifetime free replacements. Until the tru2way (OpenCable) boxes start coming out from Tivo, Panasonic, Sony, etc, I will hold off on doing anything with the Cox Cable box I'm currently renting. Cox will also swap-out your cable box instead of trying to service it on the spot. That would take too long. It also minimizes down time. The ability to buy your own cable box, and get ALL the on-demand/2-way features, etc is already in the works and on the way thanks to tru2way. I'm excited.