[mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable
Tom E. Craddock Jr.
sigtom at sigtom.com
Sun Oct 30 19:26:45 EST 2005
Michael Tiller wrote:
> I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me
> to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box. I just called WOW
> and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200 boxes.
> They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they provided. If I
> get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but that isn't my
> question...
>
> I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports. But,
> what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these ports in
> order to use them and that WOW does not license them. The bottom line
> (at least according to him) is that there is no way to use a firewire
> port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a port.
>
> Does this sound right? Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-)
> care to comment?
>
> Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this
> information.
>
> --
> Mike
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The people @ WOW are woefully wrong. Search this list at
gossamer-threads (google search mythtv & gossamer-threads) for FCC and
Firewire, youll find posts linking to the FCCs requirement of firewire
ports as of July '04.
Tom
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