Follow the $'s... cableco's charge a lot less for CC than they do a HD STB (DVR or otherwise). It is so bad that in some markets TWC refuses to troubleshoot or work on CC issues, instead telling consumers (like my parents) that their TV (a Sammy HLR) doesn't really support CC so that they can charge $8/mo for a STB instead of $2/mo for CC.
If the cableco's aren't making it attractive to consumers, why pay the lic. and manuf. fees to integrate it. I wish we'd just do away w/ integrated tuners and give people STB options. IMHO, decoupling the display with the source would greatly simplify the consumer's lives - but I'm kind of alone on that stance.
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Follow the $'s... cableco's charge a lot less for CC than they do a HD STB (DVR or otherwise). It is so bad that in some markets TWC refuses to troubleshoot or work on CC issues, instead telling consumers (like my parents) that their TV (a Sammy HLR) doesn't really support CC so that they can charge $8/mo for a STB instead of $2/mo for CC.
If the cableco's aren't making it attractive to consumers, why pay the lic. and manuf. fees to integrate it. I wish we'd just do away w/ integrated tuners and give people STB options. IMHO, decoupling the display with the source would greatly simplify the consumer's lives - but I'm kind of alone on that stance.