If you are interested in finding the latest cable boxes in 2013, you can visit stores such as Bell, Shaw and Rogers. However, to answer you question the Shaw has an updated version called Shaw digital.
At a electronics store or craftman's store. They tend to be very cheap (less than $5 in most cases) however as with everything the price increases with quality.
A cable box is a device attached to a set top box connecting a house to a cable service.
Not if it is THEIR cable box. You pay to use the box. No pay, no box.
Donald Walter Kirk invented the cable box.
You can select the cable length in the option box.
Sometimes a cable box malfunctions because of a power surge that consequently fries the box, unfortunately. Other times the cable box is not compatible with the TV.
According to the clerk at my cable company, this means "burned out box." According to the clerk at my cable company, this means "burned out box."
A Cable box and TV are connected together through a RF cable.
The probably cheapest hd cable box costs about 35 $. It is sold by Samsung. Its full name is: "Samsung Full Hd cable box 244002". You can buy it in every Samsung hd cable box store.
The device is called a coaxial cable.
Cable Box Descramblers..Legal if you notify your cable company :)
The cable box itself would not be an issue. Cable boxes will not work on their own, there must be a live feed of cable for the box to have channels to choose from. If someone is not paying for that cable to be available at that residence but for whatever reason there is a live feed coming through, it would be seen as illegal.