[mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable

Michael Tiller michael.tiller at gmail.com
Sun Oct 30 20:05:38 EST 2005


Should I assume by this comment that if I get a receiver that has a firewire
port that they have to enable it even if I'm not getting an HD package?

--
Mike

On 10/30/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> Tom E. Craddock Jr. wrote:
>
> > Michael Tiller wrote:
> >
> >> I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me
> >> to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box. I just called
> >> WOW and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200
> >> boxes. They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they
> >> provided. If I get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but
> >> that isn't my question...
> >>
> >> I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports.
> >> But, what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these
> >> ports in order to use them and that WOW does not license them. The
> >> bottom line (at least according to him) is that there is no way to
> >> use a firewire port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a
> port.
> >>
> >> Does this sound right? Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-)
> >> care to comment?
> >>
> >> Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this
> >> information.
> >
> > The people @ WOW are woefully wrong. Search this list at
> > gossamer-threads (google search mythtv & gossamer-threads) for FCC and
> > Firewire, youll find posts linking to the FCCs requirement of firewire
> > ports as of July '04.
>
> Perhaps wrong about not enabling the ports, but they are right about the
> ports not working unless they enable them. ;)
>
> Mike
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