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If there were any reason to support the merger of America’s two largest television providers, it was that Time Warner Cable customers would finally have been able to ditch their lousy set-top boxes for Comcast’s superior technology. Comcast doesn’t get a lot of credit, well, for much, but its X1 cable box is. The web-based interface is far more intuitive, speedy, and flexible than what most people struggle with at home. Aware of that advantage, Comcast made X1 central to its argument in favor of the merger, saying customers would benefit. Maybe not enough to justify a quasi-monopoly of the US cable industry, but it would have been a nice upgrade in service. Regardless, it’s moot now that the deal. TV fans served by Time Warner Cable, which includes millions of people in New York City and Los Angeles, have to resign themselves to more of the same-old frustrations: sluggish channel flipping, inscrutable error messages, illogical on-demand menus, and that ugly set-top box.

But if you’re a customer of Time Warner Cable, the next time you want to throw your set-top box out the window, go ahead and do it. Program Of Factorial In C Sharp. Because you actually don’t need your cable box to watch TV. I’ve been living for the past eight months with my cable box stuffed in a drawer, while still enjoying live and on-demand television from Time Warner Cable. It’s been a revelatory, if occasionally still frustrating, experience that feels a little like living in the future. I’ve been living for the past eight months with my cable box stuffed in a drawer. The secret is that, while Time Warner Cable is far behind in many respects, it has quietly invested in an API to enable user-friendly apps for a range of devices, including your television set.

It even lets other companies build products using the API, which makes Time Warner Cable unique among US cable providers. All of these apps and services deliver TV within your home over an internet connection that doesn’t touch the rest of the web, so they enjoy the without suffering from. (Well, most of the time.). Time Warner Cable hasn’t talked much about these options, especially since it agreed to be acquired by Comcast more than a year ago.

I’ve been loathe to recommend taking this approach, on the assumption that the merger would have rendered some of the expense a waste. But now that Time Warner Cable customers are on their own again, this is the way to make the best of bad technology, eliminating many of the frustrations of traditional pay TV. Impossible Creatures Insect Invasion Patch. Here’s how I got rid of my cable box without getting rid of cable, and you can, too. The apps Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of having to remember the channel number for NBC Sports Network or Fox Sports 1, you could just call up all the sporting events currently airing live on TV? That’s the core feature of for phones, tablets, and some streaming media players.

The channel guide is simple and easy to use. On the apps for Xbox and Roku, especially, you can easily navigate to movies, sports, kids’ shows, and other categories. I run Time Warner Cable’s app on a $50 connected to the television in my bedroom.

It’s the smallest “cable box” you’ll ever see. I sometimes also use a version of the app for iPads to watch television in my kitchen. Fan TV Yeah, that’s the remote and your new “cable box.” For an even more robust experience, check out. It’s beautiful and the size of a hockey puck, similar to Apple TV or Roku. Setting it next to your television, in lieu of a big cable box, is an enjoyable experience even before you turn the thing on. It takes a whole week to get comfortable with Fan TV’s interface, which dispenses with channel numbers entirely and relies on a touchscreen remote with no buttons.