A fully functioning Cox TV Record 6 cable box is probably hard to come by these days. Contour offers a lot of features not available with Cox TV. But to record, playback and watch live TV, Cox TV is far superior. The cable box you had to turn in is the only receiver Cox has for Cox TV Record 6. I don't believe they're available any more for a new install. You probably hated to have to let it go, but I understand why you did. You are going to find a lot of the capabilities you had with Cox TV aren't availabe with Contour thoiugh. On the plus side, you're getting a lot of new capabilities.