[Semi-OT]: TWC Firewire [Was: Re: [mythtv] [patch] firewire mpeg2ts input]

[Nate Carlson]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Ian Forde wrote:
> So you have to pay for the service visit?  That's not so cool, and
> possibly illegal (IMHO, but IANAL).  You could always make a fuss and
> have them deliver it to your local cable office where you can pick it
> up.  Thus, no service charge.

Yeah, tried that, didn't work. It's annoying, but it's only a $25 service 
fee, so I'll put up with it (unless firewire doesn't work, of course!)

> Comcast tried the same thing with me at one point, but I'm not too fond 
> of the idea of Comcast techs getting a look at my menagerie of 
> equipment...
>
> Them:  "Now we hook up the cable box to your TV"
> Me: "Yeah.  Firewire port goes into the mystery HTPC case and that's
> it."
> Them: "The TV, please"
> Me: "The door is over there for your use now."

ROFL! I'll be interested to see how the tech handles that. All the techs 
I've had here before (for cable modem stuff) have though that MythTV was 
pretty sweet.  :)

> follow-up visit from cable modem tech...
> Them: "Where's the Windows box?"
> Me: "What Windows box?"
> Them: "The one we connect the cable modem to."
> Me: "<sigh>"...

RR's actually also been really good about me using Linux.

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