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just switched from comcast to fios. also upgraded computer from vista to W7. in my old computer i had a hauppauge tv tuner card and watched all 99 channels on comcast. since the tv tuner card does not work on the W7 (don't have the driver cd) i need to know the best way to watch fios on my new computer.
if i order a STD box do i still need a tuner card or is the box directly wired into the system?
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I have FiOS, Win 7, and a Hauappauge HVR-1600 TV tuner. Using Hauppauge's WinTV 7 application I can watch the clear channel QAM stations on my PC. I just run the coax to my Actiontec router through a splitter and feed one output of the splitter to the Happauge tuner.
To see more than the clear channel QAM stations you'd need a set top box. The little 700 STB has audio and video outputs. If your computer has an interface where you can plug in audio and video directly you shouldn't need a TV tuner card also. My PC doesn't have any way I could plug a STB's audio/video in directly so I'd need to have both.
edit: I had the same Happauge tuner in my previous PC running Win XP Pro. When I moved to the Win 7 box I downloaded the Win 7 drivers from the Happauge website. You may be able to do the same thing. If you don't already have it, upgrading to the WinTV 7 application would cost you $10. I thought it worth the price.
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Some channels you can watch online, and the list is expanding.
https://www36.verizon.com/fiostv/web/unprotected/FTVOnline.aspx?PName=OnDemand
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FiOS TV Online products will provide exclusive content from these current providers:
EPIX
HBO GO
Turner (Adult Swim, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network)
CNN/HLN
Yankees on YES
MAX GO
TruTV
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@eljefe wrote:I have FiOS, Win 7, and a Hauappauge HVR-1600 TV tuner. Using Hauppauge's WinTV 7 application I can watch the clear channel QAM stations on my PC. I just run the coax to my Actiontec router through a splitter and feed one output of the splitter to the Happauge tuner.
To see more than the clear channel QAM stations you'd need a set top box. The little 700 STB has audio and video outputs. If your computer has an interface where you can plug in audio and video directly you shouldn't need a TV tuner card also. My PC doesn't have any way I could plug a STB's audio/video in directly so I'd need to have both.
edit: I had the same Happauge tuner in my previous PC running Win XP Pro. When I moved to the Win 7 box I downloaded the Win 7 drivers from the Happauge website. You may be able to do the same thing. If you don't already have it, upgrading to the WinTV 7 application would cost you $10. I thought it worth the price.
I didn't know VZ fios was using QAM. Which channels are typically carried as clear channel QAM??
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The ones I use are:
3024 PIX11
3025 WCBS-HD
3026 WNET-HD
3027 WNBC-HD
3028 WNYW-HD
3029 WABC-DT
3030 WWOR-HD
3032 WLIW-SD
3042 Weather-SD
There are others but so far they don't interest me. And, of course, the actual stations/channels available will vary by geographical area.
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I find my clear qam using this site
http://www.silicondust.com/support/channels/
goes by zip and cable provider.
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That's a good site, but with my Happauge tuner the channel numbers shown don't help much.
One example...to tune to WNBCDT, QAM 72-1027, I have to tune to 3027. Maybe it's different with other tuners but I've found that the only way to find what I want to do a scan with my tuner and then look through the QAM channels it's found.
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@eljefe wrote:The ones I use are:
There are others but so far they don't interest me. And, of course, the actual stations/channels available will vary by geographical area.
Thanks. Looks like it's the primary OTA signals for an area. That's useful to know.