[mythtv-users] Future cablebox firewire output to be replaced by ethernet?

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Mon Nov 24 23:10:38 UTC 2008


On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com>wrote:

> On Nov 24, 2008, at 2:52 PM, OCG Technical Support wrote:
>
> I heard at a local bestbuy that new cableboxes will be replacing the
> firewire output with Ethernet.  The salesperson was confident that the new
> boxes will allow streaming HD content out to a PC over Ethernet.
>
> I know we can do this using firewire, but has anyone heard about this over
> Ethernet?  I suspect I might have been dealing with an idiot....
>
>
> Let me guess, it was the blue and yellow shirt that gave it away.
>
> _______________________________________________


They were probably either thinking of FIOS, or trying to say that eventually
everything will be over Ethernet a la IPTV.
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