Just as a correction,<br>"voi la" is one word : voila :)<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Drew Tomlinson <<a href="mailto:drew@mykitchentable.net">drew@mykitchentable.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 6/4/2008 10:51 PM Bob Sully said the following:<br>
>> Message: 19<br>
>> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:44:59 -0400<br>
>> From: steve <<a href="mailto:sfreilly@roadrunner.com">sfreilly@roadrunner.com</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD-PVR component video<br>
>> To: Discussion about mythtv <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>
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>> Greg wrote:<br>
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>> | | Then you call and tell them your TV only has component inputs and<br>
>> | | demand a box that you can use with your TV. They have to comply.<br>
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>> | I wonder if thats the same "comply" law that Time warner completely<br>
>> | ignores..... at least in my area of upstate NY. Ive repeatedly asked<br>
>> | for an hd box that has a firewire port enabled..... they keep telling me<br>
>> | "that functionality is not available" I never heard a word back from<br>
>> | the FCC after I complained to them either.<br>
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>> | I live in Upstate NY...Saratoga Springs...I have fire wire on my SA<br>
>> | 4250...I just asked for it....<br>
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>> I messed with mine, and found that the ports were off. I called the<br>
>> local office in norwich, and the first person I spoke to after I asked<br>
>> if they could turn firewire on my hd box on, she transferred me to tech<br>
>> support. tech support 800# asked me what kind if internet connection I<br>
>> had...... uhh... I told them it had nothing to do with my internet<br>
>> connection. then she asked me what firewire was, I told her IEEE1394,<br>
>> she never heard of it "we dont use any ports on the boxes except hdmi,<br>
>> component, or cable" was her answer.<br>
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> Hmmm....I'm no big fan of Time-Warner Cable (or any other cable company,<br>
> for that matter), but I have to admit that I didn't have any problems<br>
> getting them to enable Firewire on my DCT-6200s. I had to go up to a<br>
> second-level tech support person, but when I requested that they turn it<br>
> on, and mentioned that the FCC has mandated that it be available, she just<br>
> "flipped the switch" (figuratively?) and reset my connection...voila -<br>
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Thanks for spelling that correctly. It's a pet peeve of mine and I'm<br>
not even French. :) voi la (translates roughly as "there you go") is a<br>
French term. I don't know how many times I hear my fellow Americans use<br>
the term "wa la". Anyway...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Drew<br>
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