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A few years ago, the cable company made us upgrade to a new box. Now they did it again, and believe me, it does not escape my notice that every "upgrade" results in a loss of functionality.
Look, I lose the remote. A LOT. So what I want from my TV is some way to change the channel without one. Our original box had numbered buttons on it. I wanted to change the channel? I could get up and do so. The next one only had up and down and volume. Still, totally doable.
This one? Nothing, and also no way, with or without the remote, to access a program guide. How is this an improvement? The damn thing doesn't even have a *clock*!
And as lagniappe, it seems that in exchange for this dubious upgrade, they may have canceled several of our channels.
It might actually be time to switch service to somebody else, because this is ridiculous. Absolutely absurd. At the very least, I will be addressing a very strongly worded letter to the people in charge.
In the meantime, is there a way to use the box of YOUR choice for cable, instead of the provided one?
Look, I lose the remote. A LOT. So what I want from my TV is some way to change the channel without one. Our original box had numbered buttons on it. I wanted to change the channel? I could get up and do so. The next one only had up and down and volume. Still, totally doable.
This one? Nothing, and also no way, with or without the remote, to access a program guide. How is this an improvement? The damn thing doesn't even have a *clock*!
And as lagniappe, it seems that in exchange for this dubious upgrade, they may have canceled several of our channels.
It might actually be time to switch service to somebody else, because this is ridiculous. Absolutely absurd. At the very least, I will be addressing a very strongly worded letter to the people in charge.
In the meantime, is there a way to use the box of YOUR choice for cable, instead of the provided one?
