Another "fine" Enhancement By The Cable Company, Anyone encounter this at an RV Park? Options

[DXSMac]

The RV Park I'm currently spending the winter at near Seattle just got notified by their cable company that the cable connection will no longer be "direct." Meaning, you cannot just hook up your cable cord and voila get TV. Guess what, every TV, even the digital ones, will require a "box." This basically means that the RV park will have to stock those boxes, and check one out to each customer if they want TV. And hope that the box will be returned.

Another alternative is that you have to have some type of "cable card" connect to your TV, even if you already have a digital TV.

Anyone encounter this at an RV park, where you cannot even watch cable without a "box?" I have never encountered this. Oh, and guess what, you need one "box" per TV. If you have more than one TV in the TV, you need one box per TV.

I have already seen the banners from the cable provider run across the programs while watching TV.

[rbrumfield]

The RV Park I'm currently spending the winter at near Seattle just got notified by their cable company that the cable connection will no longer be "direct." Meaning, you cannot just hook up your cable cord and voila get TV. Guess what, every TV, even the digital ones, will require a "box." This basically means that the RV park will have to stock those boxes, and check one out to each customer if they want TV. And hope that the box will be returned.

Another alternative is that you have to have some type of "cable card" connect to your TV, even if you already have a digital TV.

Anyone encounter this at an RV park, where you cannot even watch cable without a "box?" I have never encountered this. Oh, and guess what, you need one "box" per TV. If you have more than one TV in the TV, you need one box per TV.

I have already seen the banners from the cable provider run across the programs while watching TV.

I went to a park in TX last year and I went there due to the fact a) they had cable, they had propane on site and c) they had WiFi. Well Comcast cutoff the cable and was requiring that everyone have a box. Unfortunately the guy that originally owned the park had wired it in series so a total rewire of the park would have been required so the current park owner opted to drop the cable entirely. The propane tank was on site but the lady in the office told me that they have not offered propane for several years (of course website still advertised it) and finally the WiFi transponder die while there and the current owner cheaped out on a replacement and so most people couldn't get WiFi any longer. I was only there for a short period but they were marked off my list for a return visit...lol