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HD via Comcast without QAM?

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Apk07

Discussion Starter · Feb 10, 2010

I just bought a Samsung T220HD for my computer, but also as a TV. It says online it has NTSC/ATSC(DTV) tuners in it. I have it hooked up through a coaxial cable to comcast, in detroit, and I haven't been able to get any HD over-the-air or through cable. I understand that apparently comcast passes HD channels through QAM rather than ATSC or whatever, but why can't I get them over-the-air either? I've tried all the subchannels in the detroit, MI thread, and I get nothing. Auto-program doesn't show me any DTV channels anywhere, either.

Is there a cheap solution to get some HD channels? Is there any cheap pass-through converter to let my TV see QAM channels?

Edit: I have, in other rooms of my house, cable boxes supplying HD channels to other TV's, but I'm not terribly interested in paying monthly for a third comcast STB

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raouliii

· #2 · Feb 10, 2010

Over-the-Air (OTA) is associated with using an ATSC tuner and antenna to receive local digital broadcast channels.

Cable systems do not use ATSC as a transmission method, they use QAM.

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JasG

· #3 · Feb 10, 2010

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Originally Posted by Apk07 /forum/post/18110407

Is there a cheap solution to get some HD channels?

Rabbit ears.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Apk07 /forum/post/18110407

Is there any cheap pass-through converter to let my TV see QAM channels?

No to 'cheap', but Several of the tuners listed in the thread titled 'The Official AVS HDTV STB Synopsis' (above) are both ATSC/QAM tuners, but probably more than you'll want to spend.

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