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External Hard Drive on Cable Box
Can I attach an eSATA hard drive to my Comcast Cable Box to increase the box's recording capacity?
I have a motorola-made cable box with my digital cable (model dch341 or something). On the back is an eSATA port. If I buy an external hard drive and plug it in to my cable box, will the cable box recognize the drive and use it for recording TV shows ?
I have a motorola-made cable box with my digital cable (model dch341 or something). On the back is an eSATA port. If I buy an external hard drive and plug it in to my cable box, will the cable box recognize the drive and use it for recording TV shows ?
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Inappropriate?No, there are many reasons why.
I won't list them all other than the big one...copyright infringement.2 Comments
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If this is how employees respond to customer requests, it's no wonder Comcast has such a shoddy reputation. -
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Inappropriate?Bummer, but understandable.
Couldn't the data be encrypted? It is already encrypted when transmitted to me, is it not? I assume it is because of the need for the cable-card.
I’m disappointed
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Inappropriate?The response doesn't make sense, Charter Communications (Southern California Cable operator) allows external hard drives... and I believe they use encyption. I have a very similar Motorola box as I did with Charter, so help me understand the real reason here.
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Inappropriate?Josh, this couldn't be further from the truth. There are boxes out that are made for the sole reason of expanding a boxes hard drive space. All other companies allow access to the port for this. It has nothing to do with copyright infringement. Is there any updates as to how soon Comcast will be opening these ports up to their customers?
I’m amazed at the continual excuses.
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Inappropriate?Comcast, any response to the new posts???
How about upgrading DVR boxes with larger hard drives if you're not going to enable the USB ports? A 160GB HD is ridiculously small especially with high-def recording! Tivo has 1TB drives in their machines now!
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?Any news on the testing that was being done with the SATA ports. Being able to hook up a DVR Expander would be nice at this point since customers are paying $20.90 a month for a DVR with minimal space.
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Inappropriate?No ideas?
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Inappropriate?It's absolutely ridiculous that we can't hook up external hard drives to our HD DVR units. 120 - 160 GB is so ridiculously small in this day and age.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?Had DirecTV with a 1TB external drive hooked up, was nice actually being to record my shows in HD since I was paying for HD service ... Don't always have time to sit and vegetate everyday. Now I get to pay for HD service and barely use it plus the over priced DVR service.
I’m angry
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3 reps of varying degrees of idiocy later .... the Motorola boxes haven't even entered the "beta" stage yet, SA boxes only work were the head end equipment is programmed for them so unless you're in one of those lucky areas you're SOL indefinitely. It's Comcraptic!
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