I wanted to find a way to reduce my cable bill without sacrificing access to any of the content i currently had access to.
Alternative to cable box rental.
But the rental fee for the card is typically much lower than the rental fee for a dvr or cable box.
Comcast currently charges customers 10 a month to rent cable boxes.
I have four cable connected tvs in my house for which i was paying 22 mo 264 yr in additional box rental fees.
Alternatives to the cable box faced with increased monthly cable expense due to box rental or any increased in monthly service fees there are ways you can lessen your expense.
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Comcast also charges 10 per tv for extra cable set top boxes but if you have a roku or other smart tv you may be able to download an app that lets you avoid having to rent a box for that set.
Also cable and satellite companies encrypt their signal.
Letting cable customers use third party products instead of a rented cable box has raised hopes that consumers would be able to.
Instead of having boxes for all your tvs you can opt to keep the cable on your main tv and consider using an antenna s to receive programming on one more of your.
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He could get a tivo dvr which will record if he has a cable card that will decrypt the content.