Here's the scoop: CableCard is literally a card that you pop into the back of your TV set so that you can get rid of your digital cable box and plug that coax directly into your digital TV (it's sort of like how you can use analog cable on a cable-ready analog TV without a cable box).

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Turn off their PlayStation or X-Box 360, (cable TV is already off) and see how your family likes that.

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Unfortunately, the cable is not designed to be reversed, so depending on how it fits into your smartphone, the handset may need to face down.

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