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 Sick Paying Comcast for HD TV box

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Posted on 07-30-10 8:43 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Hello:
While I joined Comcast they send me a box which was free and was unable to watch HD TV.
When asked about it , they will send new box which will  cost 8.70 each month. Same as the cable box which cost 5 dollar a month and can be purchased free after mail  in rebate which I got it and no need to pay every month.
But I have no idea about the HD box,  if I can buy a box that will convert single to HD? How much it will cost and any special web. Thanks for helping and why should I make fat to corporate American company, COMCAST.




 
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Posted on 08-02-10 2:55 PM     [Snapshot: 566]     Reply [Subscribe]
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dishnetwork don't have internet, it partnerships with qwest, verizon, timewarner etc to give you some discount, lake 5 dollars.. but tv is much better and cheaper with dish network.. 
 
Posted on 08-02-10 3:45 PM     [Snapshot: 582]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Why pay for them when u can get it for free... buy a fta receiver like nfusion, viewsat etc..and watch all the channels for free including premium, ppv and international..
 
Posted on 08-02-10 4:05 PM     [Snapshot: 589]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Sona
Could you please elaborate. Tv channels for free? In a legal way? Also premium channels like Hbo n cinemax?
 
Posted on 08-02-10 4:10 PM     [Snapshot: 596]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Yes Free and Legal.. check http://www.ftacp.com/  or google fta (Free-to-air)


 


 


 


 
Posted on 08-02-10 4:41 PM     [Snapshot: 609]     Reply [Subscribe]
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If anyone is thinking about getting DirecTV, let me know and I will give u my account number so that we can enjoy the $100 referral. I am stuck with DirecTV for another year. Too freaking expensive..
 
Posted on 08-02-10 5:07 PM     [Snapshot: 628]     Reply [Subscribe]
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I agree with perrybhadra. If you need HD channels, just plug in your comcast coax cable to TV and use your TV tuner to get the channels. However, you do need ATSC/QAM tuner in your TV which most of the newer HDTV comes by default. Again as perrybhadra mentioned, you will not get all the channels as some channels are encrypted. But you will get over hundreds of free HD channels.

I do use HD box from comcast but I did tried to tune in my HDTV directly using coax cable and I was able to tune in hundreds of channels for free. I have to use HD box because I have premium movie channels.

 
Posted on 08-03-10 1:00 AM     [Snapshot: 698]     Reply [Subscribe]
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@sona,
How much does the equipment cost? Is there annual fee? Are the pictures sharp like satellite tv channels? What internationAl programming you are talking about? Do you get like Hindi channels, Nepali channels? And you can watch on tv right? Not a computer? Please reply. It is totally new to me.
 
Posted on 08-03-10 1:07 AM     [Snapshot: 702]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Sona, I looked into it. The channel lineup looks really awful. http://www.gosatellite.com/FTA-Learning-Center/FTA-Channel-Listing

For a second, I got excited coz I thought I'd get to watch skysports but oh well...

 
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@perry and bkshres

I did the same way with my tv, connected the co ax cable directly to my HDTV. I run the channels scan and found 108 channels. Only 3 or 4 were hd channels like abc, food network but didn't find CNN, discovery, animal planet, TNT, espn, Palladia, etc. Yes the channels were in decimal. And they were repeated. They were digital not hd except 3 or 4. Any idea how to get all hd channels.
 
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If u guys want a great quality then u need to buy HD Fta receiver which cost arround $300 and up, the anolog one is not bad either, I use ViewSat Ultra cost arround $ 80 and Weather Forecaster for viewsat ultra cost arround $ 100.00. You need DISH and should know how and where to point it. If you guys want international channel, u need two DISH hooked up. I was lucky casue I had Dish Network before so I didn't have to do anything.. just hooked up the FTA Receiver and it worked. FYI I've been using it for 3 yrs.


Here's the current list of the channel that u get.


101 DNFYI
104 IDEA
105 USA Network East
106 TV Land
107 Comedy Central East
108 Lifetime East
109 Lifetime Movie Network
110 Food Network East
111 DIY - Do It Yourslef Network
112 HGTV East
113 Fine Living USA
114 E!
115 Style Network East
116 GSN
117 TVGN
118 A&E East
119 The Biography Channel
120 The History Channel
121 History Channel Internation
122 Sci-Fi
123 Dishnet Pirate Channel
124 BET East
127 Oxygen TV East
128 WE
129 Bravo East
130 AMC East
131 IFC US
132 TCM US
133 Fox Movies Channel
134 SHNBC
135 BBC America
136 FX
137 FX US
138 TNT
139 TBS East
140 ESPN US
141 ESPNU
142 ESPN News
143 ESPN Classic USA
144 ESPN 2
147 ESPN A
148 ESPN U
149 Fox Soccer Channel
150 Speed US
151 Versus Plus
152 College Sport TV
153 The Outdoor Channel
154 NFL Network
156 FUEL
157 International Music Feed
158 Fuse
159 Si TV
160 MTV US
161 MTV 2 East
162 VH1 US
163 VH1 Classic US
166 CMT East
167 Great American Country
168 Spike TV
169 Noggin
170 Nickelodeon East
171 Nickelodeon West
172 Disney Channel East
173 Disney Channel West
174 Toon Disney
175 Boomerang
176 Cartoon Network East
177 Nick GAS
178 Nicktoons Network
179 Discovery Kids
180 ABC Family
181 Ion TV East
182 Discovery Channel
183 The Learning Channel East
184 Animal Planet USA
185 Hallmark Channel US
186 National Geographic Channel
187 Hallmark Movie Channel
188 SoapNet
189 Discovery Health Channel
190 Fox Reality
191 G4 TV
192 Discovery Times Channel
193 The Science Channel
194 Discovery Home Channel
195 Military Channel
196 CURNT
197 The Documentary Channel
198 Sleuth Channel
199 CHILR
200 CNN USA
202 CNN Headline News
203 Bloomberg TV US
204 TRU
205 Fox News CH.
206 FOXB
207 CNBC World
208 CNBC US
209 MSNBC
210 C-SPAN
211 CSPN2
212 C-SPAN 2
213 NASA TV
214 The Weather Channel
215 Travel Channel (USA)
216 America's Value Channel
217 Water Channel
218 The Men's Channel
219 ALIVE
220 MALL
221 IDrive TV
222 HSN
223 Healthy Living Channel
224 SHOP
225 The Beauty & Fashion Channel
226 QVC US
227 Jewelry TV
228 Shop NBC
229 Gem Shoping Network
230 ICTV
231 RFDTV
239 Superstation WGN
259 INSP
260 TBN US
261 EWTN US
262 Angel One
263 Daystar TV
264 Lime
265 CCTV 9
266 Angel 2
267 CTN
269 MUN2
270 UNVSN
271 Telefutura Este
272 Telefutura Oeste
273 GLVSN
274 AQUI
275 NEW
285 SMC
295 Earth
299 Reelz Channel
300 HBO East
301 HBO 2 East
302 HBO Signature East
303 HBO West
304 HBO 2 West
305 HBO Family East
307 HBO Comedy East
309 HBO Latino East
310 Cinemax East
311 Cinemax West
312 MoreMax East
313 ActionMax East (USA)
314 5 StarMax East
318 Showtime East
319 Showtime West
320 Showtime Too East
321 Showtime Showcase East
322 Showtime Extreme East
323 Showtime Beyond East
327 The Movie Channel East
328 The Movie Channel Xtra East
329 The Movie Channel West
330 The Movie Channel Xtra West
332 Sundance Channel
333 Flix East
340 Encore East
341 Encore West
342 Encore Westerns East
343 Encore Action East
344 Encore Mystery East
345 Encore Drama East
346 Encore Love East
347 Encore Warm East
350 Starz East
351 Starz West
352 Starz Edge East
353 Starz Cinema East
354 Starz Comedy West
355 Starz In Black East
356 Starz Kids & Family East
400 The Tennis Channel
401 The Golf Channel US
402 NBA TV
403 NHLN
404 Horse Racing TV
405 TV Games Network
406 FSC+
409 Com cast SportsNet West
410 Altitude
411 Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket
412 MSG Network
413 Fox Sports Net New York
414 Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain
415 Fox Sports Net Arizona
416 Fox Sports Net Southwest
417 Fox Sports Net West
418 Fox Sports Net Midwest
419 Fox Sports Net Bay Area
420 Fox Sports Net South
422 Sun Sports
423 Fox Sports Florida
424 Comcast SportsNet MidAtlat
425 Fox Sports Net Ohio
426 Fox Sports Net Northwest
427 Fox Sports Net Cincinnati
428 Fox Sports Pittsburgh
429 Comcast SportsNet Chicago
430 Fox Sports Net Detroit
431 Sports Time Ohio
432 MASN
433 MASN2
434 MESN
435 Fox Sports Net New England
436 Fox Sports Net North
438 SportsNet Newyork
439 BIG 10
444 ALT
445 ALT
447 Fox Sports Net Alternate3
448 Fox Sports Net Alternate4
449 Fox Sports Net Alternate5
450 ALT
451 Fox Sports Net Alternate6
452 Fox Sports Net Alternate7
453 ALT
454 SPORT
455 PPV Event
456 PPV Event
457 PPV Event
458 PPV Event
487 Playboy TV (Spanish)
488 Playboy TV (Directors Cut)
489 Playboy TV
492 REAL
493 Fresh
494 Juicy
495 RKTV
496 Hustler
498 TENxtasy
560 NBATV
576 ZEESA
825 Azteca America
827 Univision Este
828 NNVSW
829 DNFYI
830 FTRAE
831 FTRAW
832 CNTRO
833 Galavision Este
834 PSNES
835 Telemundo East
836 Telemundo West
838 Mun 2
839 Canal 1 Internacional
840 TVEI
841 TV Columbia
842 TV Chile
843 HITN-TV
844 TV Dominicana
845 ESCE
846 V-ME
847 DISXD
848 CBBIS
850 HISTE
854 ESPN Deportes
855 FSESP
857 Canal Sur
858 TFMLA
859 CNNES
862 De Pelicula
863 PCLAS
865 Cine latino
867 BDMAX
868 Telehit Estados Unidos
870 HTV
871 MATCH
872 MTV Tr3s
873 BOOM
874 SITV
876 DIY
877 FSC
878 FX
879 BBCA
880 BRAVO
881 WGN
882 ION
883 AQUI
885 DHLTH
886 NTGEO
887 APL
888 DKIDS
889 WE
890 AMC
891 SPEED
892 CNBCW
893 BITV
894 IFC
896 HLMRK
897 FOXMO
898 TMC-W
899 TMCXW
8025 KPXN
9399 CTN
9400 RSRCH
9401 HITN
9403 BYUTV
9404 CSPAN
9407 COLRS
9409 RFD-TV
9410 LINK
9411 UniversityHouse
9412 UCTV - University of Califonia
9414 V-ME
9415 FSTV
9417 EWTN
9464 ORDER
9602 Business TV 2
9648 IDEA

DN International Channels (118)

601 - Art Sports
606 - BBC Arabic
651 - Apka Colors
659 - Dubai Sports
676 - JIC
678 - Indus
679 - Pheonix News
680 - Pheonix TV
681 - CCTV 4
682 - ETTV Drama
683 - ET Global
685 - ET China
687 - YOYO TV
688 - Jet
689 - TTv
690 - CTv
691 - Chinese TV
692 - Sky Link TV2
693 - Sky Link TV
697 - CCENT
698 - Asia TV
699 - CCTV 11
701 - Fujian TV
703 - FTvtw
706 - China Yellow River
708 - Hunam Sat TV
710 - Horizon TV
716 - Star plus
718 - Star one
719 - Star c
721 - Star Chinese Movie
729 - chnlv
744 - PTV Global
746 - ARY Digital
747 - ARY One
753 - Xiamen TV
754 - Prime Tv
760 - LBC America
761 - Al Jazeera
762 - Al Masriyah USA
774 - New TV
790 - Zee Cinema
793 - Set Max
808 - B4U Music
809 - JUS Punjabi
902 - GEONW
918 - Thaun Viet

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Posted on 08-03-10 10:42 AM     [Snapshot: 764]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Sona Ji!!!! Are you for real?!?!?! DAMN! FSC and Fox Soccer + re? Free?!?!

Where are you located?

 
Posted on 08-03-10 12:44 PM     [Snapshot: 796]     Reply [Subscribe]
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sona dont get them excited, fta is down now and the set up is not that easy. 


 


besides all the channels above you can add indian(with proper sat set up ) and you also get the "happy channels"


 
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I wonder why people need Cable Tvs these days. I had it for a year,then i figured out that i was just wasting my money and not watching enough due to my tight schedule.So i disconnected it completely. Currently, this is how i take benefits without paying a dime.

1. Installed Boxee on my mac. It wirelessly connects to my HDTV with some hacking involved and i can access any internet videos including Youtube or Hulu through my tv. So, here comes my TV episodes for free. My mac remote works perfectly for this.

2. I also have Orb installed in my Windows laptop. It wirelessley syncs and plays the videos/ music/ movies thats on my computer hard drive through Nintendo Wii Internet Channel. No hacking involved. 
This takes away the pain to hook up the SV cable whenever you need to watch videos off your computer.

Its kind a like having Cable and TIVO for free.

 
Posted on 08-03-10 1:51 PM     [Snapshot: 834]     Reply [Subscribe]
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FTA has been up for couple of months now...
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Correction:  Sona you are right, it was my config...I just realized. 


 


Dimag kharab, what you are doing is old stuff and too many devices involved.


 
Posted on 08-03-10 2:56 PM     [Snapshot: 865]     Reply [Subscribe]
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@furke


Do you already have the HD package or not? If you don;t have the HD package you are just going to get over the air HD channels like FOX, ABC, MSN ...


You need to have the HD package from your cable provider to get those channels.


Other thing you can do, though not recmommended is , go to the distribution box for your cable provider and find out which one co-ax serves you and remove the filter. Cable provider distributes all channels and depending upon your subscription they use filters to remove the channels you are not paying for.

 


 


 

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Posted on 08-03-10 3:22 PM     [Snapshot: 879]     Reply [Subscribe]
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@ Mucho_fiesta: Doesn't matter if it ole' it works for me and thats how ive been surviving for a year now.As a matter of fact, its not a lot of work at all. You just need the devices and softwares.

BTW, are there any otehr ways to crack cable for free? 

 
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DimagKharab:
You have mentioned" Installed Boxee on my mac. It wirelessly connects to my HDTV with some hacking involved and i can access any internet videos including Youtube or Hulu through my tv. So, here comes my TV episodes for free. My mac remote works perfectly for this"

How we can make it work on windows? If possible can you give us more info specially the downloading procedures?

 
Posted on 08-06-10 8:51 AM     [Snapshot: 991]     Reply [Subscribe]
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Laa..Windows ko laagi ta thaha bhayena ta. 

My assumption is, even if it works with windows, it would be a pain as you wont have that cool feature of selecting videos through the remote as Windows lacks the remote, unless you can do something with the bluetooth of your computer.

 
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Linky

In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV

nytimes
On Monday August 23, 2010, 7:04 am EDT

It is a fantasy shared by many Americans: dropping cable television and its fat monthly bills and turning instead to the wide-open frontier of Internet video.

Some are finding that the reality is not that simple.

Just ask Bill Mitchell, a 40-year-old engineer in Winston-Salem, N.C. He canceled his Time Warner cable service and connected his flat-panel television to the Internet to watch sitcoms and his other favorite shows, using products from Apple and Boxee.

His experiment lasted 12 months. Recently, grudgingly, he returned to his $130-a-month cable subscription, partly because his family wanted programming that was not available online.

“The problem is, we’re hooked on shows on HBO and Showtime, like ‘True Blood’ and ‘Dexter,’ ” he said, adding that he wishes he could buy only the shows he wants instead of big bundles of channels he doesn’t. “It’s so frustrating.”

These are confusing times in the living room. The proliferation of Internet video has led to much talk of “cord-cutting” — a term that has come to mean canceling traditional pay TV and replacing it with programming from a grab bag of online sources.

But so far Americans are not doing this in any meaningful numbers. “Nor is there any evidence of it emerging in the near future,” said Bruce Leichtman, the president of Leichtman Research Group, which studies consumer media habits.

This is all the more remarkable, industry analysts say, because it seems to defy the way the Internet has disrupted and challenged virtually every other major form of media — from music to newspapers to books.

In part that is because the television business took action to avoid the same fate. Heavyweight distributors and producers have protected their business models by ensuring that some must-see shows and live sporting events cannot legally be seen online.

Technology companies are pushing alternatives like Web-connected set-top boxes. But these are still not as easy as signing up for cable or satellite service, particularly for those who want to watch on a big flat-screen TV and not a computer.

And so, in the battle for the living room, 2010 seems to be the year that the incumbent is strengthening its foothold.

A New York Times/CBS News poll this month found that 88 percent of respondents paid for traditional TV service. Just 15 percent of those subscribers had considered replacing it with Internet video services like Hulu and YouTube.

Younger people, though, are more intrigued by the possibility: respondents under the age of 45 were significantly more likely than older ones to say they had considered replacing their pay TV service. The poll was conducted Aug. 3-5 with 847 respondents and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

Even through the downturn, the number of people subscribing to pay TV continued to grow. Cable, satellite and fiber-optic providers added 677,000 customers in the first quarter of this year, according to the investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein.


 



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