So I got this 32 Dynex tv for my bedroom and it will not pick up all of the basic digital channels.. It picks up all the news channels HD and regular... MTV, ESPN, TBS, TNT are all basic digital channels but it will not pick them up. Comcast tells me I need a Box to display those channels.. In my living room I have a HD box that displays all my channels on my 50 inch with no problems at all.. I wonder if Comcast is giving me accurate info or if the TV tuner is bad on the Dynex...
If your TV (which ever brand it might be) is using the set-top box, such as ComCrap's, or the cable signal from the wall without a set-top box, then it's bypassing its tuner to use the cable input. The problem cannot be your TV's tuner. It would be the tuner's problem if it were a local (rabbit ears) digital signal without cable. What's the model on that bad boy? It might not support full HD or you may have to so something to change its settings.
Well as of right now I have it plugged directly from the wall (coaxial cable) to the back of the tv... No box and it picks up like all the local channels... During my lunch break I wend to comcast to get a HD box... But I thought for sure I was just be able to plug and play with the built in TV TUNER...
Thanks! Again, you either watch local channels in HD with rabbit ears or an amplified antenna and select channels 2.1 through 67.4, or a cable connection using one of the input signals (INPUT1, INPUT2, etc.) with a digital box or cable alone... but you can't mix the two. At 720p, it should support digital broadcasts over-the-air (but that's not your signal) and HD in 720p with a set-top box, which is what you might need... is that what you have? What's the model of the HD cable box? Now it's a matter of knowing which box works with your TV. Someone with ComCrap digital should be able to tell you. I ain't got it.
No, Thank you : ) so are you stating above that it should pick up channels if I plug direct from the wall to the TV (cause it's not, only like local news....) I got the HD box during my lunch break.... I'm sure that will fix it but If you think it should work directly plugged in I will take the box back..
If I understand it correctly, you have a comcast tuner/receiver in your living room, which works just fine, but you do not have a comcast tuner/receiver in your bedroom and you're wondering why you can't get your channels? The tuner inside the TV picks up analog and OTA(rabbit ear) signals. It will not pick up encoded signals from comcast or satellites. The local channels you are receiving from comcast right now on your bedroom TV are being pushed through an analog signal, so your TV can decode those. All the other channels are digitally encoded, whether they are standard or HD, and requires a comcast receiver. There is nothing wrong with you TV....for now.
O I see... Thank you both!!! I guess the old days of plugging into a coaxial cable to your tv and getting 01-99 cable channels is gone...
Almost. Most major areas require a receiver. In my area particular, you only need a receiver for premium channels. Then again, HD is not available for my area from the cable company.
I think only the broadcast channels are unencrypted. So for all the cable channels you will need a box or cablecard. If you tune in to channel 609-1 or some numbers around there you should get the broadcast channels in HD.
Yes, Comcast sux...but that's another thread...Space Ghost is correct...I have craptastic cable here in TN...We get two decoder boxes per home here to get channels 1 - 99 or whatever...
Comcast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ygnition. The apartments I moved to use Ygnition which uses Dish Network. Internet is slower than my DSL a decade ago and TV goes in and out constantly while the DVR decides to randomly not record scheduled events (not to mention the DVR interface is extremly inefficient). As sad as it is to say it, I would love to have Comcast again...
Smokey, are you in Houston? If so how many channels do you get via Coaxial to TV? Do you get like CNN? MSNBC, ESPN? Thanks
i'm in houston with comcast. my living room tv has the hd box but the other 3 in my bedrooms only use direct coaxial cable and they pick up those channels just fine.
Yeah. MSNBC is weird though. On digital (box), it's 80. On coax, it's 99...for me. With coax you should get all the channels except for 1 (on demand), 22 (Cartoon Network), and a few in the 70s (access channels).
Hmmmm well when I plug direct Coax into my tv I don't get any of those channels.... Comcast told me that I needed the box....
You're still with this? I kid. Yeah, you need the box. Apparently, those channels are only available DIGITALLY and with the box.