Comcast and HDTV

Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

Nick wrote:
Should I be able to get the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it.

There is an FCC ruling that if a cable company carries the HD feed of a
broadcast (OTA) station, that feed must be available without rental of
additional equipment from the company. I don't know where you are, but I
suggest you head over to AVS forums which has a number of local HD
forums where you should be able to get some info for your area.
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On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:34:43 -0400, Nick wrote:

Should I be able to get the HDTV channels directly
over coaxial cable or do I need a converter box?

There's a relatively simple way to find out. Just plug the coax
directly into the TV and see what comes up in the auto-search.

A_C




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"Nick" wrote in message
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Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner.

If all else fails, look in the instruction manual.

Tam



I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

"Nick" wrote in message
news
Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get
the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....

What if I subscribe to digital cable with a STB? I dont want to pay the
extra $15 per month for the HD box to get 12 channels, but if I am
hooked up through the digital box will it block those HD channels that I
am currently receiving through a straight coax (analog) feed?


L Alpert wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
news
Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get
the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....

Cherokee wrote:
What if I subscribe to digital cable with a STB? I dont want to pay the
extra $15 per month for the HD box to get 12 channels, but if I am
hooked up through the digital box will it block those HD channels that I
am currently receiving through a straight coax (analog) feed?


L Alpert wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
news
Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....

The digital converters don't block anything to TVs that aren't connected
through them. I can't make any guaranties about analog signals getting
to the TV set the converter is attached to though. Some cable providers
are still distributing duplicates of some channels as an analog
"extended service" programming tier. A digital converter might block
those signals for the TV attached to them, especially if the TV is
connected to the converter with composite, component, S-Video or HDMI
cables.

Many cable channels are encrypted. Encryption is the modern equivalent
of an intelligence agency sending a message using a secret code. As
delivered a ATSC/QAM television set doesn't have the key that's required
to decode the program. Most cable companies rent converters to their
customers that are quipped with the necessary key, but the converters
will refuse to forward the resulting program to a TV until the cable
provider transmits an authorization code to that individual converter.
Some TVs have a slot for a rental only device called a Cable Card. The
Cable Card adds the decryption capability to the TV. Like the set top
converters, the Cable Card will only enable reception when it receives
authorization for that individual card from the cable company. While
Cable Card rental is normally less than the rental for a set top
converter, Cable Cards lack some of the popular set top converter
features including video on demand, pay per view and an on screen
program guide.

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:39:44 -0400, Cherokee
wrote:

What if I subscribe to digital cable with a STB? I dont want to pay the
extra $15 per month for the HD box to get 12 channels, but if I am
hooked up through the digital box will it block those HD channels that I
am currently receiving through a straight coax (analog) feed?


I don't believe it's an extra $15.00 It's the difference from a sd
digital box and the HD digital box. Comcast gives me 40 HD channels
including the premium ones.
Thumper

L Alpert wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
news
Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get
the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....

Well I don't believe my model has the QAM tuner but how would someone
with one still get them? The Comcast channels for digital for my area
are begin at 200 so no TV would be able to pull these in without a HD
box. Anyway we don't have any so I believe that the first box is free.
I picked up the box and the digital channels worked immediately
thereafter. We shall see what my bill will look like next month but
I'm assuming the price should still be the same.





On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:18:41 -0400, Thumper
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:39:44 -0400, Cherokee
wrote:

What if I subscribe to digital cable with a STB? I dont want to pay the
extra $15 per month for the HD box to get 12 channels, but if I am
hooked up through the digital box will it block those HD channels that I
am currently receiving through a straight coax (analog) feed?


I don't believe it's an extra $15.00 It's the difference from a sd
digital box and the HD digital box. Comcast gives me 40 HD channels
including the premium ones.
Thumper

L Alpert wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
news Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get
the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:47:00 -0400, wrote:


Well I don't believe my model has the QAM tuner but how would someone
with one still get them? The Comcast channels for digital for my area
are begin at 200 so no TV would be able to pull these in without a HD
box. Anyway we don't have any so I believe that the first box is free.
I picked up the box and the digital channels worked immediately
thereafter. We shall see what my bill will look like next month but
I'm assuming the price should still be the same.





On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:18:41 -0400, Thumper
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:39:44 -0400, Cherokee
wrote:

What if I subscribe to digital cable with a STB? I dont want to pay the
extra $15 per month for the HD box to get 12 channels, but if I am
hooked up through the digital box will it block those HD channels that I
am currently receiving through a straight coax (analog) feed?


I don't believe it's an extra $15.00 It's the difference from a sd
digital box and the HD digital box. Comcast gives me 40 HD channels
including the premium ones.
Thumper

L Alpert wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
news Hello,

We have a Samsung LN-S4041D 40" LCD TV. I'm not sure if it has
a QAM tuner. I'm a Comcast subscriber who just currently has the
Analog connection and no converter boxes. Should I be able to get
the
HDTV channels directly over coaxial cable or do I need a converter
box? I really don't care about any HD channels other than the local
stations like CBS, ABC and NBC so if anyone has any suggestions to
help I would appreciate it. I'll call Comcast to find out but I hate
their marketing as they try to upsell you their entire network
package.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

You should be able to pick them up. Attach the cable to your ATSC
tuner and do a channel scan.....


If you can switch your INPUT settings to QUAM, it will know how to deal with
higher channel numbers.
Moot point as you now have a digital STB :/