Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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+1 for cable card.
I have a Ceton InfiniTV PCI card installed in my HTPC and run all of the tv's in my house off a single coax input. The problem is that I have to rent the cable card from the...
Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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:shake: He's using Windows Media Center, which handles the process of controlling the tuner, recording shows and then acting as a "server" for the Xboxes. Each Xbox, connected to your computer...
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I've heard this. Plus there's the additional cost of the wi-fi adapter for each Xbox.
Sorry for the misinterpretation of what you said on my part, Gobo. Gimme a break -- I'm a girl...
Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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Incorrect. Without a subscription a tivo is basically a doorstop. Tivo does neither on-demand nor PPV even with a subscription - cablecards are incapable of that. You can only get those with the...
Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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Thanks, I'll look into those as well.
Thanks, Gobo for clarifying -- I thought that sounded a little too amazing! :lol: The card with the cable card installed will broadcast the decrypted...
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Yeah, the messages will stay there forever. If you had a box originally used in your area, you would probably get some analog channels. Not that surprising that a box from a different cable company...
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Thank you -- this gives me hope! I'd heard of "digital simulcast", but didn't know that's what it meant. I just called the cable company and I think this might be the case... I think... :lol:
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The tuning adapters are only necessary if the cable company in question is utilizing switched digital video technology, a significant but fairly low minority right now.
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Just an fyi which might help you make a choice is
story, just remember its over a year old but they make a few different version of the card.
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For a box to work, it needs to be authorized, so it can do the decryption.
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ceton is not the only one who makes those type of cards, hauppauge makes one also I think
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Ok, gotcha here. I have the exact same setup now, only with an old dual tuner (I think it's only NTSC?), my own XP Media Center Edition computer serving as the "HTPC", a router, and one Xbox via...
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Thanks R1Budha. Are you saying that the Cable company will most likely conveniently be "unable" to activate it?
Do you know what law states that it is legal? I'm finding mixed answers on the...
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according to the government, yes.
according to reality. nope.
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do you own a tivo?
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You could use a box not authorized by your cable company. It is just that you will probably get only the analog channels at best. No encrypted channels will show up. Neither will digital channels...
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Thank you everyone! +4s all around! To answer a few points:
-- I do not have a Tivo brand DVR. I run an old dual tuner from my computer with Media Center + Xbox for my DVR.
-- The rest of...
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Actually, you could use a TivoHD without subscription + cablecard to view almost all the channels you get on your digital package. What you would not get is a guide (neither Tivo's or the cable...
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That part may or may not be true. Many, many cable operators have what is called All Digital Simulcast, all of their analog channels are also broadcast in digital form. It's easoer for their own...
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Nope. Companies won't activate third-party boxes.
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by law you can own your own box, some people with tvos or some tvs have things that are called cable cards put in so they work (its just the encryption to decrepit the cable). cable companies wont...
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thats where they get you, with that $7 rental charge every month.
'$50 promotion, but did we forget to mention the $7 equipment rental fee?!'
Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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Hey all,
Instead of renting a box to receive the "extended digital channels" at $7/mo. when we're already paying the premium for those channels, can we acquire our own?
I always assumed that...
Cable TV Q: Instead of renting a box to receive digital channels, can I buy one or use an old one (from another company)?
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You can also buy a used tivo hd and use it with a cablecard, however you will have to pay the tivo subscription in addition to the cablecard rental.
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RA, hate to burst your bubble, but you do need extenders to view from multiple sets, especially if you're going to be watching more than one TV at a time. I did leave out that we have a Xbox 360 at...
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Guess I need to get back to living on these boards again to address my own comments. But, seeing as everyone has already covered the relevant issues, I appreciate the efforts on my behalf.
Yes,...
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Just a quick correction of something said above. TiVo definitely still has lifetime subs. They cost $399. I have both a TivoHD and a Premier with lifetime.
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Definitely go wired. My 11n network sputtered on 1080 streams from the server to the 360.
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Thanks everyone! Since I've been running a dual tuner DVR on my PC for my own TVs for about a decade now, it would make my slickdealing heart bleed to pay DVR subscription fees now. :lol: ...
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Good point, and one that I didn't realize until reading the znet article posted above. The (only) cable company that services my area is a litte tiny operation where I've gotten the same person for...
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Fair point, but Cox and Time Warner have been rolling it out since
