I moved recently and noticed that one of my cable STBs has an ethernet port on the back. Anybody know what that's there for? No chance I could do away with my cable modem, is there?
no chance of using it as a modem. its likely its there for a possible future firmware update that could utilize it. But I wouldn't hold my breath it will happen
I am pretty sure that this is for Internet use too. Some of the new TV's have them, and someday they will enable us to download movies, but don't hold your breath.
i have just tried earlier to hook my xbox up to the back of my cable box but it said unable to connect to xbox live. the only reason why i did this is because i figured that since my computer has a low jack cable going into it and a ethernet cable going to my wirles router i thought the cable box would act the same. so basically i now cant platy online i wish i had looked on this earlier :f