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Posted by CSM1 on June 29, 2007, 10:01 am
Please log in for more thread options It has been my experience that cable TV is just bad. When I had Cable TV, my
TV antenna with its fringe reception was better than some channels on the
Cable TV.
I noticed that most of the channels on Cable were kind of snowy. I got a
much better picture on Satellite TV.
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CSM1
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>I don't fully understand your answer. I'm not sure how NTSC, ATSC, QAM, et
>al
> relate to digital, over the air, encrypted, etc. I'm dumb in that regard,
> so
> feel free to treat me as such :D
>
> You said,
>>"these channels are normally a subset of the channels that you can
>>receive using
>>the ATSC digital tuner with an antenna so your really don't gain
>>anything."
>
> I don't have an antenna, just cable. At this point, I just want a clear
> picture -- like I had before I got digital service (standard channels, no
> STB). The cable company says the signal in my cable is unchanged and so
> pluggng the cable directly into my tuner should work like before, but it
> doesn't. The picture is so bad (on standard channels) I cannot watch.
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> Both the Hauppauge 1600 and the Aver Media(780/ PCI combo tuner) have QAM
>> digital support as well as OTA ATSC digital support . Therefore they can
>> receive the unencrypted digital channels from cable. However, these
>> channels are normally a subset of the channels that you can receive
>> using
>> the ATSC digital tuner with an antenna so your really don't gain
>> anything.
>>
>> > Most of the posts are over a year old. Looking for updates
>> >
>> > 1. ARE THERE any digital tuners that play digital cable without the
>> > STB?
>> >
>> > if not
>> >
>> > 2. How can I maintain the digital clarity from my STB through my MCE
>> > 2005?
>> > If I bought a digital/HD tuner, can I at least pipe the STB signal
>> > through
>> > a
>> > digital/HD tuner and so use my monitor as my TV?
>>
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