I have Comcast in my area....do I need to pay for 6 tv outlets with Comcast to have all 6 tuners working, or just one?
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There are few current options for extenders. I am using 2 XBox 360 as extenders. From the reviews it is the only current extender that works with Windows 8. The Ceton Echo will only work with Windows 7, has not been updated in quite a while, and reviews for the Echo say it suffers from network lag which I have never noticed with the XBox...
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No. You will need one cable "drop" (coax connection) near the computer containing the PCI card, the Comcast cable card (Charter's rate is $2 per month as opposed to the full tuner rate of $7 per month) and a single Tuning Adapter (Charter does not charge for the Tuning Adapter).
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No. Just get the M card. If it is your only device you get a refund for using your own equipment.
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The outlet billing is controlled per addressable device (cable card), not per tv. This counts as one device even though the cablecard (and ceton tuner) supports up to six streams (actual tv's)
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You just need one cablecard which is fairly inexpensive. The first card may actually be free.
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I have Comcast and just pay for the cablecard. There is no extra fee for the 6 tuners (at least where I live).
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Not sure what you would need a 'tuner' for ....this unit hooks up fast to TV's
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Every Provider is different. Most providers will require you to pay a few dollars anywhere from a $1 to $5 seems to be the normal. Generally less then they charge for a full blown cable box. You will then get what ever channels a cable box would be getting. Note some cable providers enable copy protection flags that make certain channels only work with Windows Media Center. Version FiOS isn't one of them.
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I purchased an indoor antenna for $30 and use that since I did not have access to Comcast. I get about 6 to 12 channels on what is called Free TV. I am sure you could use a rooftop antenna but you have to have the correct cord and connection to the TV. It does not come with the TV.
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From what I can gather, you still have to pay for the channels and a card. This only allows you to stream to all the other devises in your house without having to pay the cable co for other boxes.
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Yes, I have two TV's hooked up to my antenna and they both work great. I am not a TV or antenna professional, but my understanding is that you could hook up as many TV's to the antenna as you want. The only down side is that you will lose some signal in the coaxial splitter needed to split the signal to go to multiple TV's, and the larger the splitter (more coaxial outlets), the more signal loss there will be. So, get a splitter with the same number of outlets as the number of TV's you have. Hope this helps.
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I get about 40 channels with my digital tuner boxes, some of which are pretty good. Unfortunately, something's wrong with my iview after 3 months---it stopped tuning in anything at all (I'll probably have to send it back). My olderZenith box still works great.
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I actually have two of their older four tuner cards in my system. MCE sees all 8 tuners and I have recorded 8 shows at once before. I seem to recall the limitation being 12 tuners.
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I don't know about your specific carrier, but mostly, whatever comes out of the box and goes to your set can have this put in between, I'm fairly certain. In my case, before Comcast screwed things up and scrambled everything, we could tune their signal with our recorder. Now it's only one station at a time, and that means you can't watch one channel while recording another anymore. Thanks, Comcast! ...Another 'improvement', huh?
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You need one per TV. Splitting the feed will reduce signal strength to each TV set, and you won't receive all of the channels that you should.
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yes this attaches to your local network via cat5 cable and to your cable service with standard RG6 coaxial cable. you will need a multi stream cable card from the cable company. it is important that you get the M card or the tuner will not work but I had no problem getting the correct cable card from Comcast. once you set it up and install the software and driver from silicon dust included or downloaded you run the windows media center tv setup and it will find the tuners.if you are only using clear unencrypted channels the cable card may not be needed but to get pay channels or if charter encrypts all channels like Comcast does the cable card is needed. yes this attaches to your local network via cat5 cable and to your cable service with standard RG6 coaxial cable. you will need a multi stream cable card from the cable company. it is important that you get the M card or the tuner will not work but I had no problem getting the correct cable card from Comcast. once you set it up and install the software and driver from silicon dust included or downloaded you run the windows media center tv setup and it will find the tuners.if you are only using clear unencrypted channels the cable card may not be needed but to get pay channels or... » Read More yes this attaches to your local network via cat5 cable and to your cable service with standard RG6 coaxial cable. you will need a multi stream cable card from the cable company. it is important that you get the M card or the tuner will not work but I had no problem getting the correct cable card from Comcast. once you set it up and install the software and driver from silicon dust included or downloaded you run the windows media center tv setup and it will find the tuners.if you are only using clear unencrypted channels the cable card may not be needed but to get pay channels or if charter encrypts all channels like Comcast does the cable card is needed. « Show Less
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Yes that's correct. Dump the cable TV bill, and use an antenna, it looks better, and it's free. This does do atsc, and over the air, the picture quality compared to cable looks great. I am going to be dropping pay tv, because clear qam is how I used one tuner for. Ya listening Comcast?
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If your TVs are not "digital ready", meaning they have a converter built in, you'll need one for each TV that isn't ready. You can buy a splitter to use one converter for multiple TVs but each TV will have to watch the same channel. Many newer TVs already have this built in.
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3 separate pc's concurrently. Remember if you are recording a show and watching another you are using 2 tuners. Make sure all tuners are programmed correctly as well. I went a year without being able to use one until I discovered I had one of my tuners configured for HD air antenna source and not cable tv.
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Nope. There is only one plug - one end goes to the antenna - the other end to your TV. Once connected, follow the antenna manual's directions and it will begin "automatically" scanning for all the channels it can receive. Would love to hear how many channels you pull in. :) Best Wishes.
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Well, why isn't your t.v. picking up signals I wonder? This tuner is great as it works directly through your computer; it just needs a regular TV antenna. It works by picking up the signals from your local stations, that send HDTV signals. Now if you want to get the Cable select channels, then you would only need to purchase their service and you will then get the set top box that is the tuner for the cable channels for which you had negotiated a service.
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Not anymore. Tuner Salad is no longer required to use more than one Ceton InfiniTV 4. Just try it and you will see. Of course the fine folks who make Tuner Salad also make a few other Media Center enhancements that you may wish to use.