Firewire again

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"PNeski" <pneski@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I read something the cable companies must provide working firewire output
> Does any of the firewire work on Time warner boxes?

Not at all clear. The FCC is mandated iLink/Firewire for a year or two while
the industry makes a transition over to HDMI which is compatible with DVI.
Most cable boxes have DVI outputs. Confused yet?

Richard.

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You're confused somehow. The FCC did not mandate Firewire "for a year or
two", they just plain old mandated that it must be available. And really,
it was the CableLabs/CEA agreement that the FCC was ratifying, so it wasn't
something that the FCC came up with on their own.

Firewire and DVI/HMDI have different purposes.

"Richard" <rfeirste@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Not at all clear. The FCC is mandated iLink/Firewire for a year or two
while
> the industry makes a transition over to HDMI which is compatible with DVI.
> Most cable boxes have DVI outputs. Confused yet?
>
> Richard.
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