Well, there is supposedly a law that forces the cable co to give you a
box with 1394 enabled.
http://www.timewarnercable.com/nc/products/cable/firewire.html
"What is Time Warner Cable required to do to support 1394?
Effective April 1, 2004, Time Warner Cable can replace any leased high
definition box, which does not include a functional 1394 interface, with
one that includes a functional 1394 interface. This new box is a
special version of the Scientific Atlanta 3250 HD box and must requested
by name."
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/20/1943207&tid=129&tid=185&tid=126&tid=4
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/part76.pdf
"(4) Cable operators shall:
(i) Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any
leased high definition
set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface,
with one that
includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's
set-top box by
download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is
functional.
(ii) Effective July 1, 2005, include both a DVI or HDMI interface and an
IEEE 1394
interface on all high definition set-top boxes acquired by a cable
operator for distribution
to customers.
(iii) Ensure that these cable operator-provided high definition set-top
boxes shall comply
with ANSI/SCTE 26 2001 (formerly DVS 194): "Home Digital Network Interface
Specification with Copy Protection" (incorporated by reference, see
§76.602), with
transmission of bit-mapped graphics optional, and shall support the
CEA931A:
"Remote Control Command Pass-through Standard for Home Networking"
(incorporated
by reference, see §76.602), pass through control commands: tune
function, mute function,
and restore volume function. In addition these boxes shall support the
power control
commands (power on, power off, and status inquiry) defined in A/VC
Digital Interface
Command Set General Specification Version 4.0 (as referenced in
ANSI/SCTE 26 2001
(formerly DVS 194): "Home Digital Network Interface Specification with Copy
Protection" (incorporated by reference, see §76.602)). "
Wayne Johnson wrote:
At 12:53 PM 1/19/2006, Stan Zaske typed:
Does your cable box have Firewire output? @:D>
Mine has several but the cable company has disabled them. How
considerate of them.
----------+----------
Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
