I'm not very TV signal technical and need help to prevent buying something else that doesn't work as I expected. My wife wants to move the TV to a location that cannot route (or install) a coax cable connection. So my thought was to buy a TV turner that converts to HDMI, then go wireless across the room to a wireless receiver where the TV would be located.
My cable is coax, and plugs from the wall directly to the TV coax connector... After scanning, I have channels 2-69 and many channels with decimals (111.34 for example)... There is no cable box.
Taking baby steps, I did some research and bought the ViewTV At-163. Plugged the coax to it with the HDMI to the TV and after the scan, I only get the channels with the decimals... Channels 2-69 are not discovered (attempted multiple configurations). However, the channels it does find look great.
Doing more research, it appears my cable company is sending ATSC and QAM channels and the only TV Turner I can find that appears to do this is the PrimeDTV PHD-208 (if I read their literature correctly).
Before spending more money to test this theory, I'd like the thoughts from this forum. Am I correct in thinking the PHD-208 will work, or do I need something else?
Additionally, should the overall solution work or is there an easier way to do it? Installing a new coax drop is not an option.
Thanks in advance.
My cable is coax, and plugs from the wall directly to the TV coax connector... After scanning, I have channels 2-69 and many channels with decimals (111.34 for example)... There is no cable box.
Taking baby steps, I did some research and bought the ViewTV At-163. Plugged the coax to it with the HDMI to the TV and after the scan, I only get the channels with the decimals... Channels 2-69 are not discovered (attempted multiple configurations). However, the channels it does find look great.
Doing more research, it appears my cable company is sending ATSC and QAM channels and the only TV Turner I can find that appears to do this is the PrimeDTV PHD-208 (if I read their literature correctly).
Before spending more money to test this theory, I'd like the thoughts from this forum. Am I correct in thinking the PHD-208 will work, or do I need something else?
Additionally, should the overall solution work or is there an easier way to do it? Installing a new coax drop is not an option.
Thanks in advance.