Digital TV decoders?

Has anyone bought a digital TV decoder for terrestrial TV, cable, or satellite in the last few years? I mean actually bought, rather than having one foisted on you by a provider? How did you decide what to buy? As some of you may know, I work for a set-top-box manufacturer, so I'm curious to know whether any of my software might one day end up in your living rooms... cheers!

Missed appointment

On 6/6/66, I was little, I didn't know shit
And by 7/7/77 eleven years later still don't know any better
By 8/8/88 it's way too late for me to change
And by 9/9/99 I hope I'm sitting on the back porch drinking red wine singing
Ooooooooooh french fries with pepper

Listening to this song always makes me feel a little melancholy, because he missed that appointment by two months and six days. On 9/9/99, we had a memorial party, at which french fries with pepper were washed down with red wine.