<i>What is so hard about using processors with clock speeds measured in megahertz and not kilohertz nowadays?</i><p>What&#x27;s funny (maybe not ha-ha funny, but anyway) is that the provided equipment is usually energy in-efficient as well.  Even while &quot;off&quot;.<p>I&#x27;m not paying for cable now, and don&#x27;t plan to in the future either.  There&#x27;s too much crap I don&#x27;t want to watch, and I don&#x27;t want to be stuck with their idea of a DVR either.  And its too expensive.