[mythtv-users] HDPVR for $169 at buy.com

[Scott Alfter]

On 22 Jun 10 11:21, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Patrick Davila
> <pdavila at thelinuxlink.net> wrote:
>> Only option to record encrypted cable channels.
> 
> Other than firewire, that is.

...until your cable company pushes a firmware update to your cable box that
kills FireWire.  (Called it into them the weekend before last...got nowhere on
the phone. They were supposed to escalate the problem and get back to me, but
that hasn't happened.  Even the mention that they're now in violation of FCC
regs didn't get get them sufficiently motivated to find a fix.)

Scott Alfter
scott at alfter.us