As of this date the Cable Co's will be encrypting some/all ? ClearQam channels, this & all non-CableCard devices will lose 1/2 of their functionality
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Interesting, time to drop cable and switch to an antenna. Two years off cable and an extra $2000.00 in my pocket.
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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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A QAM tuner is for digital cable NOT over the air broadcasts, almost all over the air broadcasts have gone to ATSC digital. This TV will accept UNENCRYPTED cable signals
2005111
it is designed to receive "over the air" digital signals in the UHF range. Almost all cable is encrypted and the cable provider rents you the key. A digital converter cannot get you free cable.
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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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I don't think so, I called my cable company and they did whatever they did to activate it. U will need password which is on label with a lot of numbers and letters below WPA-PSK
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Some TVs can be hacked to pass the 5.1 through in the service menu. Did it to my LG.
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If they are giving you a Cable box fine. But it does not have a QAM Tuner built in, unless they provide you with an external QAM Tuner.
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NopeIt won't avoid annoying encryption noise either.No scanner will block encryption - but newer ones will bypassTDMA X2 - Gonna need a Uniden Home Patrol, Grecom PSR-800, Whistler 1080, Uniden BCD 436/536.The Radio Shack Pro 18 should get phase 2, but it's a stripped down version of the PSR-800/ Whistler 1080
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It cannot tune OTA (which uses 8VSB). It can do unencrypted QAM. Traditionally, you have had to insert a CableCard for the initial setup, then you could remove the card and continue getting ClearQAM channels. With newer firmware, it has been implied that you can setup for ClearQAM without a CableCard, but I'm not sure everyone has been successful.
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No. And a side note, Comcast disconnected that room's cable jack without notifying me. I discovered that as well. No biggie on the antenna. The primary goal has been overwhelming achieved. Thanks!
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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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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, all of them, but you'll loose most of good channels in about 90 days. bad product. I returned it.
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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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Raymond:As most cable channels are now scrambled, you will probably need to obtain a STB (set-top-box) from Verizon. As cable companies use several makes/models of STB's, and the outputs of these boxs vary widely, suggest you post your questions in the following forum:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=940657&page;=508
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When we first purchased ours, it 'remembered' the channels. Now it loses them - every time. I think we have a lemon, and I will likely ask for a replacement. Other reviewers have complained about this, saying the factory told them it was 'designed that way.' I truly doubt that. First, because it didn't behave that way out of the box. Second, why would you be able to specify which channels to show/hide? And third, why would you be able to specify a favorite channel? It just makes no sense. I wish I could figure out how to reset it somehow. I think this is a nonvolatile memory issue. I will do some more internet research to see if anyone has a solution, but none has occurred to me yet.