I don't believe that Samsung ever made a DirecTV decoder box with a firewire port. That's just not inline with their thinking. I do remember seeing a DBS model for the Euro market which had firewire and the OTA decoder has firewire but that's about it.
Oshkosh is working on a hybrid truck which means a diesel engine with A/C electric torque motors.
There are several benefits to this as well as some potential downsides such as decreased overall efficiency when using a pure D/E drivetrain on a highway truck.
Obviously some large off-highway trucks used in the mining industry as well as loaders, etc. are D/E now because of the flat torque curves of electric motors and the elimination of mechanical complexity of routing power through the vehicle using transmissions.
BTW *any* engine can be used to move a truck with torque amplified by the correct gearing. The total power will determine speed and load ability. It just so happens that diesel is more efficient as displacement increases, a fact supported by the use of diesel engines on large ships.
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I don't believe that Samsung ever made a DirecTV decoder box with a firewire port. That's just not inline with their thinking. I do remember seeing a DBS model for the Euro market which had firewire and the OTA decoder has firewire but that's about it.
Oshkosh is working on a hybrid truck which means a diesel engine with A/C electric torque motors. There are several benefits to this as well as some potential downsides such as decreased overall efficiency when using a pure D/E drivetrain on a highway truck. Obviously some large off-highway trucks used in the mining industry as well as loaders, etc. are D/E now because of the flat torque curves of electric motors and the elimination of mechanical complexity of routing power through the vehicle using transmissions. BTW *any* engine can be used to move a truck with torque amplified by the correct gearing. The total power will determine speed and load ability. It just so happens that diesel is more efficient as displacement increases, a fact supported by the use of diesel engines on large ships.