[mythtv-users] Firewire on digital cable box - what to ask for?
griz_quattro
griz_quattro at tx.rr.com
Fri Apr 27 22:56:29 UTC 2007
Dan Brown wrote:
> Quoting Erik Karlin <e_karlin at yahoo.com>:
>
>> I've heard in the past, and probably on this list, that many cable
>> companies only give out firewire enabled STBs when you get their PVR
>> STB.
>
> I called back, and it doesn't sound like this is the case. From what
> the rep said (who, again, didn't seem to know much, but found a little
> information), they have two models of HD STBs with firewire--one is
> the DVR, and one is the regular STB. The HD part has me a little
> curious--I don't subscribe to HD at this time, and don't know that I
> really care to--but it'll be interesting to see what they come up with.
>
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Dan,
Try explaining that it sometimes referred to as 1394.
The manager I spoke with at Time-Warner couldn't find
'firewire' in any of their documentation.
1394=firewire and firewire=1394
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