[mythtv-users] HDTV and Motorola Cable Boxes vs Scientific Atlanta

[Michael Haan]

Trying to sort through the idiocy of my local cable company Com****. 
I've got an HDTV on the way and want to use the firwire out of the
Motorola box.  Unfortunately, my local office says it only provides
the SA3100.  Iknow other Com**** offices provide the Motorola box,
just not mine.  The person I spoke to at Com**** told me that I
couldn't use the Motorola box because it won't work.  Does any of this
make sense?  Can I just go to a different office and get the Motorola
box?  Are there any similar solutions for the SA box?  Will the cable
companies ever get over their monopoly, emerge from the mid-seventies
and start providing actual customer service?