Of all the issues with cable TV, the mandatory set-top box might be the biggest annoyance. These boxes tend to be eyesores, and flipping through hundreds of channels—or memorizing channel ...

Last week, President Barack Obama came out in support of an FCC proposal to free cable subscribers from the dreaded cable boxes they have to lease from their cable providers. This week, Comcast ...

I am confused about what QAM channels are. From what I read, they seem to be HD channels that are distributed over cable TV.<BR><BR>Now, with regular cable (non HD), the cable is carrying a series of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows ...

NEW YORK --Comcast says later this year you won't need a cable box to watch cable as the company follows its rivals in offering TV-watching apps. The announcement has interesting timing. It comes as ...

The cable service is trying to get ahead of the FCC's proposed tougher set-top box rules with a plan to get its Xfinity TV services on Samsung smart TVs and Roku boxes. John Falcone Senior Editorial ...

A large part of my career as a UX and UI designer has been spent designing content distribution interfaces, having worked on interfaces for Comcast, the BBC, Cablevision, ABC, NBC, CNN, Sony, and more ...

An innocent little cable box can suck up more electricity than your actual TV. The most galling part though? Up to two-thirds of its power-hogging actually happens in “idle” mode, when you’re not even ...

Last Friday, the Federal Communications Commission finally gave up on trying to mandate more alternatives to clunky and expensive cable boxes. In a unanimous decision, the agency eliminated rules ...

Whether it’s in the living room or the office somewhere, each of us has an unflattering mess of USBs, HDMI cables, and other various cords that we don’t know what to do with. Cable management boxes ...

It wasn't long ago when it seemed as if bulky cable boxes might be going the way of TV antennas. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more ...