Leave it to those wet blankets in the federal government to tell us that watching modern-day TV is about as energy inefficient as possible. For years, the cable companies have been switching all their ...

I reported in October that Charter Spectrum had introduced a new device called Xumo, which can replace your existing cable box — including live TV — and also stream programming from platforms such at ...

As if Americans needed another reason to hate their cable companies, energy experts are now pointing to set-top cable boxes as one of the most power-hungry electrical devices in the home. According to ...

Electric bills have skyrocketed recently, thanks to recent rate hikes and new high-tech appliances that eat up watts. But one entertainment appliance might be the biggest power hog of all — the cable ...

Charter’s Spectrum Cable has announced changes for the way its customers can access video content going forward — both the shows they watch on television and the shows they stream. Currently, Spectrum ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new study by the National Resources Defense Council has found that digital video recorders ...

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission suggested that the cable box business is broken, and it offered a plan to fix it. Under the FCC’s proposal, TV operators would have to supply their ...

<p>Digital Video Recorder technology is about to get a giant boost in the marketplace, and it's not because of Tivo. Comcast has announced its intentions to <a href ...

A followup to this article has been published. In “Comcast: Cable Modem Rentals Contribute More Than Olympics” I left Comcast ’s set-top box rentals out of my analysis because I didn’t think customers ...

U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Justice Department to look at the issue of whether cable operators can deliver networked DVR services. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Cable companies are finally abandoning their stodgy old set-top boxes, and are finally ready to deliver television service through modern media streamers such ...