hd tv tuner box
Friday, March 12th, 2010
HD from cable box to tv tuner card using RF?
So here’s the deal:
I have Time Warner Cable’s DTValue pack in Queens, NY (the $61.50/month one). I have an HD box that has been hooked up to my Samsung LCD via a DVI-HDMI cable. No problems…HD programming comes through fine.
But now, I’ve built myself an HTPC and would love to watch/record tv on my computer. Only problem is the Pioneer HD Box has no RF out.
SO….
1) Does Time Warner have an HD box they can give me that has Rf out?
2) If so….will HD be sent through the rf out? I know that’s obviously how all the boxes get the HD signal…but do they have the capability to send it out that way too. Would I need a specific grade of RF cable?
3) Do I still need the box if my tuner card has NTSC, ATSC, and QAM capability? I get no premiums and I’m a paying customer…so without the box will I get ALL the channels I’m paying for with those tuners?
Thanks in advance…I know this is a packed question. Any other recommendations for a setup are also welcome.
Time Warner no longer has any F-connector out boxes. The older Scientific Atlanta boxes have been pulled. They stopped supporting this feature because too many older individuals would hook their television sets up through RG-6 or RG-59 and complained about the picture. It was a move to help advance people toward the proper way to hook up their equipment.
What you will want to do is go and obtain a simple RG-6/RG-59 F connector splitter and split the cable coming from the wall and have it go out directly into the box and directly into the home theater personal computer. You’ll then have to use whatever video output from the computer and run the computer off of a separate input.
As for the cable box, it really depends as to what you mean by that. The Q.A.M. will get you at least the local stations, but if you subscribe to even T.N.T.H.D., E.S.P.N.H.D., or anything like that, the cable companies generally encrypt those so that they can only be decoded by the box as a means for them to capture some extra revenue.
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