Clear QAM DVR recomendations
I recently cut out cable at my house and just have internet service. I noticed I still get about 80 channels on the tv after doing a channel scan because of Clear QAM in the cable. Can anyone recommen...
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Sounds great... We just got the cable boxes here from our cable provider being METROCAST. We use to get all of our channels in the clear before the boxes came out... When they changed over all of those channels went bye bye.... The gave us the first BOX for free and we have to pay a monthly charge for the additional TV we have here. None of my late model TV sets pick up anything here without using the cable boxes...
I suspect they have installed different filters all over the area here to just support the channels their cable boxes look for...
I would almost bet money if I called them saying I was wanting to get the CLEAR QAM signals over their cable network they would have some way to charge me for that...
I did read this online a few minutes ago about the FCC decision in late 2012 on this subject...
"The FCC Decision
Unfortunately for those who rely on ClearQAM for viewing digital cable, the FCC reversed course and ruled in late 2012 that Cable companies can encrypt their Limited Basic offerings. They cited a reduction in CATV theft and reduced onsite support calls as part of their reasoning. The decision will supposedly allow Cable companies to increase their bandwidth allocation for high speed Internet by eliminating the analog transmissions over their cables.
Part of deal requires the Cable companies to make the Limited Basic channels available by Internet Protocol (IP) address so 3rd party devices can still access them. The details of how this will be done are not known yet but will most likely require CableCard use in the devices to decrypt the signal. The Cable companies will also have a moratorium before they can start charging customers for equipment to unencrypt the Limited Basic channels. "
I guess the cable companies can do almost any encryption they want to do now to keep folks from getting the CLEAR QAM signals over their RF cables...
Its their Cable System I reckon...
I think we both know what the local cable TV provider is going to say if you called to ask about using their transmitted CLEAR QAM signals over their RF Cable system.
I just saw the head cable guy driving through our neighborhood a couple of days ago... He knows where we Ham Radio guys live hehe... My neighbor has a home job business going and the company he working for was paying for his top high speed Internet connection. Then he changes companies but the high speed line connection is still up and going.
Roy Ken
I suspect they have installed different filters all over the area here to just support the channels their cable boxes look for...
I would almost bet money if I called them saying I was wanting to get the CLEAR QAM signals over their cable network they would have some way to charge me for that...
I did read this online a few minutes ago about the FCC decision in late 2012 on this subject...
"The FCC Decision
Unfortunately for those who rely on ClearQAM for viewing digital cable, the FCC reversed course and ruled in late 2012 that Cable companies can encrypt their Limited Basic offerings. They cited a reduction in CATV theft and reduced onsite support calls as part of their reasoning. The decision will supposedly allow Cable companies to increase their bandwidth allocation for high speed Internet by eliminating the analog transmissions over their cables.
Part of deal requires the Cable companies to make the Limited Basic channels available by Internet Protocol (IP) address so 3rd party devices can still access them. The details of how this will be done are not known yet but will most likely require CableCard use in the devices to decrypt the signal. The Cable companies will also have a moratorium before they can start charging customers for equipment to unencrypt the Limited Basic channels. "
I guess the cable companies can do almost any encryption they want to do now to keep folks from getting the CLEAR QAM signals over their RF cables...
Its their Cable System I reckon...
I think we both know what the local cable TV provider is going to say if you called to ask about using their transmitted CLEAR QAM signals over their RF Cable system.
I just saw the head cable guy driving through our neighborhood a couple of days ago... He knows where we Ham Radio guys live hehe... My neighbor has a home job business going and the company he working for was paying for his top high speed Internet connection. Then he changes companies but the high speed line connection is still up and going.
Roy Ken
