As of this date the Cable Co's will be encrypting some/all ? ClearQam channels, this &amp; all non-CableCard devices will lose 1/2 of their functionality
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Yes that's correct. Dump the cable TV bill, and use an antenna, it looks better, and it's free. This does do atsc, and over the air, the picture quality compared to cable looks great. I am going to be dropping pay tv, because clear qam is how I used one tuner for. Ya listening Comcast?
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Can you not get the HD channels on the cablecard because they are on high-number channels? I am worried about that too, since our HD channels are all up near 290 - 320, and the TV specs say it can get CATV channels from 1 - 125 only. I am about to give up on trying to find a cablecard TV. I may go ahead and rent an HD box (and keep the regular digital box attached to my Dual TiVo).
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I'm on my second cable box. Same problem on both, although the second box does get a better signal for the non-HD stations. Let me know how it goes.
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None, there was a truck load stolen overseas , the modems are all marked and blacklisted with every carrier in the US. Sorry..
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So how's the FIOS? Do you notice a big improvement in HD picture quality? I'm getting FIOS installed at the end of March and can't wait!
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G. Larsen .. My alarm was acting strange at one point until the cable company ( Bright house ) replaced the cable modem for a upgrade of the obsolete unit .. the tech said the old unit was momentarily blinking off .. while this was not detectable using the phone it triggered the alarm.
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There won't be any more ANALOG over-the-air broadcasts (except for low-power and community stations). But there WILL be DIGITAL over-the-air, so one isn't forced to go to cable.
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Sky stream is an excellent product.i still wouldn't get rid of cable.skystream is a big plus ,plus.hope that helps.
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Yes, with digital transmission reception will be either great or non-existent. This could be due to cable loss if the run is too long and a line amp may be required. Just my two cents.
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@Regula, great link. Thanks for that. I'm currently a cable customer, but I'm moving in three months. The new place has coax wired everywhere and I was considering renovating to add ethernet (cat-6).If I can get the satellite company to install their own coax, then using the netgear product may be a good alternative to renovation.
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Physically yes. but u have comcast, which 'encrypts' its signal so only its cable box cab decipher and display the signal.
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Well, I just got a Roku 2 box and a trial week of Amazon Prime, and I'm dumping it since there's no CC. Amazon is throwing away millions of old people that want to watch TV and movies with CC. Dumb move!
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But only unscrambled QAM cable signals. This is only part of what Comcast and Time Warner send out, usually channels in the very basic cable service
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Before Comcast's stupid digital cable box I could record a show and then flip the channel to another while the first recorded. Comcast now prevents it- can't wait to dump the cable tv and go through the internet only~!
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Yes, it has an ATSC (QAM) tuner so it can tune in ClearQAM channels. Since it cannot take a CableCARD though, it cannot tune encrypted channels.
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I don't know about your specific carrier, but mostly, whatever comes out of the box and goes to your set can have this put in between, I'm fairly certain. In my case, before Comcast screwed things up and scrambled everything, we could tune their signal with our recorder. Now it's only one station at a time, and that means you can't watch one channel while recording another anymore. Thanks, Comcast! ...Another 'improvement', huh?
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If you mean the passcode, no. Go to your Uverse or Cable TV provider for their passcode.