I suppose that is what wrist watches are for - I wear one, but take it off at night. I do have other lighted clocks around the house, so could make do without a set top clock. I do understand your loss of convenience. In my house, we have work-arounds for alternate clocks.

I like the idea, but I have never had that on cable,direct tv or on dish tv.

I feel your pain. We have a clock on the wall over our mantle. At Christmas, I hang a wreath there. We don't realize how often we look at that clock until it's gone. It is the only one on the first floor that is battery, so it never goes out. We don't even set the stove or microwave clocks, they'd just go out again at the next power blip. The mantle clock is priceless!

Our roku box doesn't have a power light, so you can't tell if it's on. An annoying ten cent cost savings for the manufacturer.

We have no clock on our DishTV reciever either and we also look at our mantle clock often. Maybe you could just get a very small digital clock and put it near the receiver?

This sure is the opposite of the kitchen where every device has a glowing clock.

Many TV viewers consider device lighting to be distracting and annoying. We're in that crowd. I keep the power conditioner display off and the AVR display can be turned off with the remote.

The silent analog wall clock over the TV is our timepiece.

We don't have display clocks in our bedroom. Our wake up alarm (when set) is Hue lighted lamps. The only light in our bedroom is emitted by the smoke detector or under-the-bed lights if on a rare occasion one of us needs the bathroom at night.

We have Direct TV and don’t recall when or if there ever was a clock display on their box. However if you press the info button, the time is displayed in the upper left along with other program info.

We don’t care for other digital lighting either, especially in the bedroom and den. I like a dark bedroom. We do have a non digital clock we can glance at or use our watches. The kitchen is a different story.

We've had Direct TV for many years, several different boxes, and none of them had a time display. I have placed wall clocks or table clocks in every room so you can see the time. And, when TV is on, the time appears on the upper left corner of the screen. Much ado about nothing.

We have Dish TV. The box similarly doesn't have a visible time display and anyway the main one is in a cabinet behind a dark glass panel so it wouldn't be visible anyway. With many wall-mounted or other TV situations, the box isn't out and visible anyway, with the remote using an RF signal rather than infrared. As jemdandy and others suggested, there are lots of more attractive ways to allow you to know what time it is. Including, as also mentioned, looking at the time display on any one of several screen views when the TV is on.

We have cable. Clock on the 1st box, none on the second.

"And, when TV is on, the time appears on the upper left corner of the screen. Much ado about nothing." I didn't see the time on the screen. I had thought that would be a good idea since it's not on the box. Maybe there is a setting to get the time on the screen...I'll have to check it out.

If you push the button to show the guide (what's currently on each channel), I'm sure the current time is shown.

I know you can get the time using the remote, but when the TV's off, you have no way of knowing the time. The kitchen is walled off from the LR so you don't see any of kitchen time displays. My son noticed the same thing...we were just used to relying on the cable box display for the time.

I've never had a clock on any cable box. The only thing showing on mine is a skinny vertical blue band that indicates the power is on and it is receiving a signal. But the time does show up onscreen via various functions with the remote. In most cases it is not a permanent onscreen feature.....that would be unnecessarily distracting.

I put a small electric alarm clock next to my box so that I can see the time. I bought a new alarm clock recently, and so I did not need that one in my bedroom anymore. It's very small, but at least it lets me know if I need to turn the TV on. If it is not time for a TV show I want to watch, I don't turn the TV on. I don't use the alarm on the clock BTW.

Is it possible to remove the wall that's obstructing your view of the kitchen clock? :)

Removing a wall is a bit drastic. Installing a wall clock in the LR would be much more practical. After a certain amount of time, looking at the wall clock would become a comfortable habit.

Elizabeth. Do you think I was being serious?

It is hard to tell from the written word what is being said seriously or in jest.

The smiley face at the end of a sentence generally denotes a playful nature.....not to be taken seriously.

Ours has never had a clock on it either, the dvd player did, but we took that down a long time ago. The solution I found is a projection clock. We can put the time on the wall, or the ceiling, where it’s not a distraction. Ours even has weather info on it. Amazon has a bunch of them w/varying features.

I've had cable for a very long time. They always have had the clock on them until they had to replace the one in my bedroom....no clock. I just sat a small clock next to the cable box. I wake up often at night and want to know what time it is.

I also have Direct TV. I have a small lighted digital clock that sits on top of the 'box'. The numbers on it are about the size I imagine the numbers would be if there were a time display on the box itself. Not at all distracting.

Rusty

well last night was one of those nights I would normally rely on the cable box clock...A lot of times when I don't feel well, I'll go in to the living room and fall asleep there for a couple hours and then will go back to bed till it's time to get up. Well going into the living room I had no idea what time it was...I knew son wasn't home yet because his door was ajar..after falling asleep and then waking up and ready to go back to bed...no idea what time it was...had to peek in the kitchen to read the oven clock...I DEFINATELY need to get a small digital clock for living room. If Direct TV ever gets a box with a clock, I'll be first in line to get one. LOL

Have you asked Direct TV if they have a box (with clock) available? They are easy to switch out.

we have Frontier cable. One box has a clock, the other doesn’t. When speaking with their customer service rep, she said I could choose which type of box I wanted.

We always have our cell phones within reach of our hands. Plus I wear an Apple Watch. No need for a clock in our living room.