why d cable boxes have to be so obstrusive still

[spaceman]

remotes too
most other electornics r getting smaller and have been
why the big ass remote and the huge black hd reciever?
i know if i opend it thered be some pcb about the size of a frickin nic card
9im callin tme warner to tell them to call the 1980s cauze they want their electronics housing back.

 

[Crono]

Cable cards are the future

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Because it's an advertisement sitting in your living room 24/7

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Some folks like the big remote because it means (usually) bigger buttons, but I agree on the cable box, make the damned things smaller. Directv has no problem with smaller boxes