fiberguy posted : You can! Go buy a Tivo... and even if the boxes were available for purchase, you'd really want to shell out the $500-$600 for one? With the given track record of DVRs, and with the unknown pending changes in technology coming, why waste your money?
It would take you 3 years to even break-even on your own purchase of a cable box, again, that is if it doesn't break, etc. So you're either spending 16 a month on one, or $600... either way, you're still spending about the same, so does it really matter? ... and if it does, there IS Tivo which you can buy and own.. but still, you're required to pay comcast something for the outlet (via cable card in most markets) AND you get the pleasure of paying Tivo a monthly fee as well to make it more than a brick.
Even if you did buy your own Moto or S/A box, you're still going to pay a monthly fee to use it.. I don't think people realize that buying your own box will NOT save you any money overall.
It would take you 3 years to even break-even on your own purchase of a cable box, again, that is if it doesn't break, etc. So you're either spending 16 a month on one, or $600... either way, you're still spending about the same, so does it really matter? ... and if it does, there IS Tivo which you can buy and own.. but still, you're required to pay comcast something for the outlet (via cable card in most markets) AND you get the pleasure of paying Tivo a monthly fee as well to make it more than a brick.
Even if you did buy your own Moto or S/A box, you're still going to pay a monthly fee to use it.. I don't think people realize that buying your own box will NOT save you any money overall.