No more waiting for the cable guy

BusinessWeek on why you might not need to wait for the cable guy anymore: new plug-and-play TVs from Sharp, Pioneer,
and Motorola will be digital cable-ready, so you won't need a separate set-top box anymore. Activation will be as simple as sending new customers a special card in the mail. BusinessWeek says that the set-top box makers are going to be in trouble, but we could care less about what happens to Scientific Atlanta and all the others (c'mon who really aspires to own a cable box?).