<div>I think also even though you own your own box it's theft to not pay for the service... so you'd still have a monthly charge and your equipment would become obsolete...</div>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_1060ededcdcce683_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/31/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gerald J. Berg</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:gjb@datafirst.com" target="_blank">
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<p><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I use a Hauppauge 500 for capturing multiple channels, but it can only select up to 125 channels. I just picked up 2 boxes from Time Warner so my MythTV box will be able to select from a broader range of channels. These cable boxes are Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3250. There is an IR port in the back, but the technician told me it was purposely disabled by Time Warner.
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<p><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is also a USB port on the front of these boxes, but I am not sure how it can be used.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am looking for a source to purchase 4 of these SA 3250 boxes (or some similar brand) for these reasons:</span>
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</font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eliminate the monthly charge from Time Warner for using each box.</span></font></p>
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</font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have remote control through its IR port</span></font></p>
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</font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Not have to worry about them being recalled after being integrated into my MythTV system
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<p><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="4"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does anyone have an idea of how to purchase this or a similar product?</span></font></p><br> </div></blockquote>
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<div>You're probably out of luck. The only places that sell cable boxes to individuals are probably selling hacked boxes that are illegal to use. Even if you managed to get a legal one, Time-Warner probably won't be willing to provision it. And if you do manage to talk them into provisioning it, the provisioning process will disable the ports that Time-Warner disables on their own boxes.
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