[mythtv-users] HD-PVR

greg greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Wed May 27 15:13:01 UTC 2009


Steve Reilly wrote:
> greg wrote:
>
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>>> I have TW in the Albany,NY area...They have fire wire turned on
>>> here...You can get them to turn it on,but you have to be
>>> persistant...It's the law...Don't call on the phone go to your local
>>> service center...
>>>       
>
> i dont know maybe ill try again. i remember about 6 months ago i was
> playing email tag with tech support, they kept escalating me to others
> and the last response i got was something like....... "firewire is
> turned off for customer use", and they copied and pasted the same fcc
> regs i sent to them back to me, that they had the right to encrypt (5c i
> think?) and they either didnt want to do it or couldnt do it at that
> point i cant remember exactly which.  i  just wanted to screw with it
> and see if it worked but i could never get anything out of plugreport
> from either port on the box so i assumed it was off. im in norwich by
> the way, and thanks for your input.
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Yeah, I would go to the local TW office and don't take no for an 
answer...The drones on the national help desk are clueless..
 The 5c encryption is a joke..We pay for the service they should provide 
it...I e-mail them almost weekly and protest..Hey! you never know....
 I know where Norwich is..A friend of mine used to try to get me to go 
to the car show there..I always had to work on those days....

Saratoga Springs here...
Good Luck


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