No. Comcast is moving all channels above 13 to digital only so if you do not have a digital box you will only get channels 1-13. They are offering people DTA (Digital Tuning Adapters) that they can put on other TVs but it basically means you must have a cable box to get anything above 13. Comcast to my knowledge hasnt really done much with SDV yet. There are codes for a Series 2 to use the DTA but you are down to one tuner if it is a S2DT which is why in my case I used it as a reason to move to the Tivo HD. I find the cablecards easier then dealing with a cable box since I am going to do my tuning from TiVo anyway. -- Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.hartsfield Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Glen Farney <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this one of those Swithed Digital Video deals where it requires two way > communication from the box back to the mothership at Comcast so you actually > get the channel ? I think you're ok with either a cable box, or with an > adapter of some sort for S3/HD boxes, but I really haven't heard much about > the units actually being installed much. > Glen > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Brian Hartsfield <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 8:46:07 AM > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Comcast World of More > > They don't want people to be suprised. A lot of people have an extra TV > out > on the porch or something that they just have a cable running to without a > box. In my case when that happened to me I still had a series 2 DT that > was > hooked up analog and used it as an excuse to upgrade to the TiVo HD. > > They know you have a cable box but they don't know if you have any other > TVs that might not have cable boxes on them. > > -- > Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA > AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.hartsfield > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:39 AM, tomsalwasser <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Thanks Brian. I already have a cable box so I should be good to go. > Comcast > > is really pushing these additional boxes with ominous and incomplete > > warnings. They already know I have a cable box but I still get messages > > saying I'm going to lose access to channels 24-70 unless I take action > now. > > Like I need another box to plug in and another remote to manage. > > > > --- In [email protected], Brian Hartsfield <b...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Without a cable box you will only get the very first few channels > (1-13). > > > Any others will need a DTA or a cable box from Comcast. > > > -- > > > Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA > > > AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 > > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.hartsfield > > > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:24 PM, tomsalwasser <tomsalwas...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry if this is a bit off topic but I'm confused by the Comcast > World > > of > > > > More notices I'm receiving. I'm told I now need additional hardware > or > > I > > > > will lose some channels. Upon reading further I think I'm not > affected > > > > because I already have a cable box. Only people without a cable box > of > > any > > > > kind are affected. If anyone can explain what's going on in plain > > English, > > > > I'm all ears! Thanks. > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
