[mythtv-users] Positive ComCast experience

[Jim Coates]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Orr" <james at orrwhat.net>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:48 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Positive ComCast experience


> Just thought I would mention ComCast isn't entirely evil.
>
> Now i've got things working with one backend, I started to consider
> adding my second backend I took a look at my other DCT and discovered to
> my horror it didn't have the serial port at the back.  I called them up,
> and the helpful man at support said I could take it in to exchange it.
> That didn't really work for me, so I arranged for a tech to come over
> and swap the boxes.  I put on a special note for it to be a box with a
> serial port.

It's a shame their DCT-6200 motorola HD boxes don't have serial ports.  They
have an IR blaster port but that's for external use (why would you want your
cable box to send IR commands to something else?)

> The tech arrived with the box, and everything worked perfectly.  He was
> very interested in why I made this request, so I showed him the Myth
> frontend.  He was very impressed with it, and I think he might even
> start his own myth box :).
>
> -- 
> James Orr <james at orrwhat.net>
>
>


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