It's a fashion thing. Leads are ugly. and with small equipment is there enough room for all the buttons, DVD tray and display and leads that will obscure the infra red receiver?

Maybe they should make the connections wireless and see what that does to the rf front end of digital TV tuners. You wait till they sell off the old analogue TV spectrum to phone companies. Then look at your digital TV picture. Wireless ain't the answer - PAL.

USA - 2009 not long now, UK 2012 ish

I have my satellite dish ready. Which covers the same stations until snow/rain gets heavy.

Broadband landlines are your only real alternative.

Be thankfull the mess of cables has kept the airwaves clear this long.