[TriLUG] somewhat OT: USB port on TW digital tuner

[jeffj at ro.com]

Rob Huffstedtler wrote:
> I was moving my A/V stuff around the other day and I noticed on the back
> of the digital cable tuner that there is a USB port.  Anyone have a clue
> what it's for?  Some sort of box configuration tool or what?

I once had a cable box in another city with such a port. It was for 
adding expansion devices to the cable box. I was told an IR emitter was 
going to be made for it so that cable users could tell the cable box 
what to tape, and the cable box would then command a VCR to record.

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Jeff Jackowski
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