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TV tuner
jkm
Newbie
‎08-10-2008 09:55 AM
We recently switch to FIOS TV from Comcast digital TV. We used to be able to receive some channels from pc using UltraTV 1500 MCE before, Now with Verizon FIOS TV, we could not receive any channels. Is it because of the tv tuner or FIOS tv? If it is tv tuner, what other tuner can be used? Thanks.
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Telcoguru
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‎08-10-2008 02:08 PM
Do you have a set top box hooked up to you TV tuner card on the PC? If no you need one to receive the channels with Fios.
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Keyboards
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‎08-13-2008 10:04 AM
@Telcoguru wrote:
Do you have a set top box hooked up to you TV tuner card on the PC? If no you need one to receive the channels with Fios.

Not entirely true.  If the tuner you are using is QAM capable you should receive the digitized SD version of your local stations, your local digital (OTA HD) stations, the music channels, and the PEG stations.  If it doesn't have a QAM capable tuner then the statement from Telcoguru is correct.

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Telcoguru
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‎08-13-2008 08:12 PM
You don't get al the channels with QAM that's why I didn't mention it.
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Keyboards
Master - Level 3
‎08-14-2008 05:40 AM
@Telcoguru wrote:
You don't get al the channels with QAM that's why I didn't mention it.

Just trying to give a little more accurate information.  The implication in your original post was that if you didn't rent a box from Verizon then you can't get anything (or at least that was my interpretation) and that is false as I stated earlier.

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jkm
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‎08-14-2008 04:14 PM
Now the question is what difference is between Verizon FIOS tv and Comcast digital tv? Using the same tuner, why I could receive some Comcast channels but not any FIOS channel? Both cable services indicate that the local channels are not encripted.
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Telcoguru
Master - Level 1
‎08-14-2008 07:28 PM
Fios requires that you have a cable box to receive channels unless you have a QAM tuner like Keyboards said. The QAM tuner does not receive all of the channels.
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Keyboards
Master - Level 3
‎08-15-2008 12:44 PM
@jkm wrote:
Now the question is what difference is between Verizon FIOS tv and Comcast digital tv? Using the same tuner, why I could receive some Comcast channels but not any FIOS channel? Both cable services indicate that the local channels are not encripted.

The difference is that even though you had Comcast Digital, they actually have a hybrid system with analog (old NTSC) channels for some of the basic cable channels as well as your local SD broadcasts in addition to the digital channels.  Verizon is (or is in the process) of migrating to an all digital system so your old "Cable Capable" tuner (which is analog) has nothing to tune - you must have a QAM capable tuner to tune any of Verizon's channels, and then only the limited subset I mentioned in my earlier post (no national stations other than WGN, only locals). 

Hope that clears up the confusion.

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