10-03-2009, 08:20 PM
I can't believe people even worry about such stuff. Anyway, the scoop is that if you don't have a cable box then they need to put a filter on the line at your house to knock out channels. Many cable companies don't do that since it would cost them money and they don't really care what you watch...just so long as you aren't getting the premium channels that they make most of their money on (and for which you need a cable box to decode). Also note that you can get both digital and analog channels with no cable box...you just can't get the encrypted channels.