Will this box pick up paid (cable) channel's as well as the free ones? My cable company gives one free box and then you have to rent any additional.
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It is a little hard to tell. The numbers are all different. I had trouble finding a few - like ESPN. If you have a newer TV, it will pick them up. You just have to sort through all the doubles (HD, not HD) and, again, the numbers will be different. But if you want all the On-Demand stuff, you'll need a cable box.
68380
It will only work with channels that are not encrypted (a.k.a. clear QAM channels). Most paid channels are encrypted and thus will not work with this tuner.
68381
No. This is a receiver/tuner for broadcast signals over the air = free programming from major network TV only. It cannot unscramble paid programming owned by cable TV companies.
68382
yes it will pickup all channels but if you have a new tv and have cabel hooked up to you do not need a bok your tv has a internal tuner in it
1349805
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).
777056
Nope. Unfortunately this box is geared to global use, not very American friendly. Showbox would be the closest app to channel surfing. Instead you should... Get a fire tv stick and run Sling TV through that for 20 dollars a month. Very worth it.
466076
Yes...it will tune in all free over the air television channel. I've owned the unit for a little more than a year and it works great. The interface is very simple and not fancy. My unit get all those channels you listed and more. Hope this helps.
2228635
Thanks for the quick response. I am still getting 2 different answers. It sounds like if you hook it up before the Cable Box or TV that you can do both.
2250234
Hello, I have the same set up as you. With this box I can only record the local stations. If there is a show that cable offers on their basic plan I can not record it unless it is in the area. I was hoping that this unit would pick up the unscrambled channels which are about 75 stations, from the cable line, but it does not do that for me.
1550107
Hi- I looked in the owner's manual to see if "Optimum"is listed under Cable Boxes, it's not. If I knew who the manufacturer of their box is (may be written on the box itself), I could see if codes for that manufacturer are listed, a good indicator that it would work. Let me know and I'll look. Leigh
62212
It replaces the cable box that you have hooked up to the cable going into the tv. However, it does not give you all the channels that a cable box does, it only gives you the locals like fox, nbc, cbs. These vary from city to city so you may have more than other people in other towns.
1499905
No. It picks up only local channels in your area. Has a "search" that will auto select any / all in your area. But no, no proper cable channels.
1529206
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.
2020754
I have fios and I was able to return the cable box that I was using from them and in return get a cable card. It works for the channels but I am unable to get the guide to work. I am not sure about time warner but I am sure that it is the same. Hope that helps.
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Every Provider is different. Most providers will require you to pay a few dollars anywhere from a $1 to $5 seems to be the normal. Generally less then they charge for a full blown cable box. You will then get what ever channels a cable box would be getting. Note some cable providers enable copy protection flags that make certain channels only work with Windows Media Center. Version FiOS isn't one of them.
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I was less,miles away from a lot of the stations and I only got 2-3 on a good day, but now I am paying over a hundred bucks for pretty much the same channels I was suppose to get for free. There is a place in the info section where you put in ur zip code and it says how many channels u should get. My sister has a cheap one diiferent brand and it works great. I say try this one or any brand and see how it works for you it's worth a try and you will save a ton of money. If it does not work send it back.
697458
hi i do have 2 sperate cable boxes, one for the tv, one for the slingbox. however when someon is home an di am away, the remote will chnage both cable boxes. how do i avoid this?
510156
You can get a digital attena to get free air channels ( without the digital Attena, TV won't be able to get all free channels in your area doing to signal interference) or get a cable/satelite box to get pay channels
858390
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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yes. BUT, you will only be able to watch what the SENDING tv is on.( one tv must be connected to the cable company box)