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Old 06-12-2007, 12:11 AM
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Re: FCC finally holding the cable companies feet to the fire?

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David Cohen, executive vice president of cable giant Comcast Corp. in Philadelphia and its top political liaison, said consumers won't benefit from the change.

"I'm not sure it's a piece of technology a consumer needs to own or wants to own," he said. Once a newer set-top box comes out, "Circuit City won't take their old box and give them a refund to get a new model. They have to buy a new box to get the newest and fanciest upgraded technology."
Uhhh....What?
Newer and Fancier Technology in a Cable-Card Ready Set Top Box?
What on earth could that be?
All I can think of is a new version of a Tivo with extra tuners and hard drives ~ Not something that I'm interested in anyway, since I'm using BTV...

I mean, come on...
It's not like the cable companies are gonna keep switching to diffrent compression techniques every couple of months...

Or am I missing something?
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