According to the Federal Communications Commission, Americans pay an average of $231 a year renting pay-TV set-top boxes, with cable box fees almost tripling since the mid-1990s.

For TV viewers sick of forking out money month after month to rent their cable boxes, paying long after the cable company has recovered the cost of a box that never improves and locks out ...

Cable TV boxes spark an energy efficiency battle between the industry and conservationists, one that seems sure to spread.

End the cable box rip-off: Our view You're paying more than $230 a year to rent boxes because the industry likes it that way.

Here, we're going to find the best out-of-the-box, streaming set-top box so you can watch your shows on demand and ditch cable once and for all. We'll be looking at five devices: The Apple TV ...

Cord-cutting has become so popular that some small cable companies are joining in, trading their own set-top boxes for streaming TV service. This week, a video delivery company called MobiTV ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday unveiled a revised proposal in its ongoing effort to create competition in the cable set-top box market. Under the new plan, pay-TV providers ...

The vast majority of cable management boxes have a simple design and are constructed from a durable plastic. However, there are a few key elements that can set a quality cable management box apart ...

A set top box which looks and works like a cable box, has customizable guide (not a channel with and endless loop of every channel like the 1990 cable boxes), and is super stable and requires no ...

Ding, dong, the box is dead. For years, consumers have been trapped renting set-top boxes from their television providers to watch cable TV at home. But on Thursday, the Federal Communications ...

Cable TV box rental fees cost average household $232 a year 99 percent of customers rent set-top boxes from TV providers, survey found.

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 ...