The amount of electronics thrown away rather than recycled in 2007.
The EPA reports that 82% of electronics disposal in 2007 ended up in the garbage (mostly landfills) rather than a recycling center. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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I guess I don't see the point of a CableCard in a CABLE PROVIDER's set-top box. The box can't do anything that the box without the CableCard can do. The market for CableCard should be actual TV sets. It cuts out the need for a cable provider's set top box, cuts down on monthly fees, and does everything the box would do with just a card in the back of your tv (except of course DVR).
The only other device that would justfiy a cablecard would be a third party box (ie consumer-owned). That way you aren't renting the box from the cable company and you can just rent the CableCard.
Can someone explain to me the purpose of renting the BOX and the CableCard from a cable provider? Its just stupid!
I have a plasma with a CableCard. I get all my highdef, premium channels, etc. I can't get ppv because its the old standard, but the new ones WOULD be able to do that. So why get the box?