can i get the time to show up on the box

Thanks.  It's the little things.

Depending on how much room you have on top of the receiver some people have bought something like this:

Equity by La Crosse InstaSet Digital Alarm Clock 40010 - Best Buy

You're right, its the little things. You can alway press the INFO button and in the right upper corner you'll see the current time. 

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@gsica1949 wrote:

You're right, its the little things. You can alway press the INFO button and in the right upper corner you'll see the current time. 

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Unfortunately the U-Verse boxes have no LCD display that I'm aware of, unless it's behind where the green, red and blue lights are?  At any rate, I think more providers are going with smaller boxes that do not have an LCD display.  I had a Comcast box with an LCD display that was so obnoxiously huge that it resembled Nixie Tubes (see below).  I think that STB manufacturers are looking closer at Energy Star compliance and clocks / displays may be a thing of the past.