<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/31/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gerald J. Berg</b> <<a href="mailto:gjb@datafirst.com">gjb@datafirst.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">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.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">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>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">I am looking for a source to purchase 4
of these SA 3250 boxes (or some similar brand) for these reasons:</span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">Eliminate
the monthly charge from Time Warner for using each box.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">Have
remote control through its IR port</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">Not
have to worry about them being recalled after being integrated into my MythTV
system</span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon;">Does anyone have an idea of how to
purchase this or a similar product?</span></font></p><br>
</div></blockquote><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.<br>
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Carl Fongheiser<br>
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