Why Can't I Buy A CableCARD Ready Set-Top Box?

Al E Usse writes "Ars Technica does a write up of the problems that were not solved by the July 1, 2007 integration ban on integrated security in your cable box. The goal was to get everyone on the same page by requiring standardized technology. Just the same, the cable companies aren't really playing ball. 'The companies who make the boxes don't seem interested in selling to consumers [and] cable companies still push their own branded devices.' The article covers some deep background on the whole CableCARD mess, and concludes with the current state of the market: 'Based on June 2007 figures from the cable industry, 271,000 CableCARDs have been deployed. That's an astonishingly low number. 58 percent of all US households with a TV subscribe to cable, according to the NCTA, which means that 65 million households have at least basic cable.'"

Re:Part of the 42%

[Anonymous Coward]

So I take it you're not going to help us Save the Cheerleader then?

Re:Here's some cheese

[Wolvie MkM]

Yea.... speaking of which (rolleyes)

You have eight Tivos?!

[Anonymous Coward]

You have eight Tivos? OMFG. I guess this really is slashdot, isn't it.