[mythtv-users] Firewire no longer required on HD STBs

[Ben Kamen]

On 6/30/2010 2:48 PM, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 01:40:04PM -0500, Ben Kamen wrote:
>>
>> Right.
>>
>>   Can you imagine the headaches when a user hooks up his shiny new TV to firewire only to not have it work.
>>
>> Calling the cable co -->  "Sounds like a problem with your TV"
>> Calling the TV maker -->  "That's a problem with the output of the cable box"
>>
>> AWESOME! The consumer -- F'd over again.
>>
>
> Actually it's more like:
>
> Cable Co: Is the firewire output connected to a digital recorder
> Customer: No, it's connected to the TV
> Cable Co: We don't support that configuration

So you call back and get another "customer service tech" (their title, not mine)  just to see...

Cable Co: Is the firewire output connected to a digital recorder
Customer: Yes
Cable Co: We don't support that configuration