Re: HD transition questions they don't answer


"Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:19:26 -0800, UCLAN <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

My wife's small HDTV doesn't have a cable box, so she cannot
watch HD
channels - but she still gets the signals.

Your cable company has no "Clear QAM" HD channels? I spend
about 90% of
my HD viewing time using my TV's QAM tuner getting local HD
stations that
are in "Clear QAM."

I don't believe it does. I'm not familiar with "QAM", and I
did try
tuning to some HD channels without the box.


Here, in TWC land, I can't *tune* the digital channels, I must
*scan* for them. That's because TWC does not include the info
needed by the TV to relate 2.1 to CBS, which is 93.1 on the
cable here - but known to STB users as 402. The scanner picks
up 93.1 and I inform it that this is the CBS stream. After doing
so for the clear QAM streams I wish to view, I can then use the
remote to "tune" the channels - by selecting from a list (of all
or favorites) or by surfing.


.

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