Thanks for the prompt, pertinent reply, Domino.
I must admit that with as technically sophisticated as home entertainment has become it's kind of counter-intuitive to have to physically look at a device to determine its model number; one would presume that much like plugging in a periferal (like an external drive or printer), a cable box would be able to recognize its own identification and display it on a screen for easier viewing, but presumably that's how Cox rolls.