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| Topic: | Rogers digital cable unscrambled channels This thread has 244 replies. Displaying posts 31 through 45. |
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| Post 31 made on Tuesday September 20, 2005 at 10:52 |
wingnut88 Lurking Member |
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Daniel: What Rogers package do you have? Just basic analog cable? Just wondering because I have Basic + Ultimate (analog) - so does that mean I would be able to pick up all those channels in digital with a QAM tuner simply by plugging it in and scanning for channels?
Thanks.
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| OP | Post 32 made on Wednesday September 21, 2005 at 00:00 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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It doesn't really matter what package you have, as any digital box has to be specifically authorized for everything EXCEPT what I have listed on this unscrambled list. Even if you pay for other stations on a Rogers box, that means nothing for a off-the-shelf QAM tuner as all other channels are scrambled, and they need a Cable Card from the cable company to get authorization to unscramble them, and as mentioned Rogers doesn't provide Cable Cards.
Any QAM tuner without a Cable Card slot will never be able to receive anything but outright unscrambled channels.
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| Post 33 made on Wednesday September 21, 2005 at 13:32 |
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I find it funny that on the analog stations that rogers promotes its digital and hdtv services, they say you can get a 3rd party box that has a cable card upgrade slot, or you can just buy a unit from us...
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| Post 34 made on Tuesday September 27, 2005 at 00:32 |
alebowgm Long Time Member |
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any updates? maybe some buffalo hdtv channels by chance?
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| OP | Post 35 made on Tuesday September 27, 2005 at 02:30 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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CPAC English is still missing. "New VI coming soon" has turned into a French Rogers promo. That's it...
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| Post 36 made on Saturday October 15, 2005 at 23:57 |
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| Post 37 made on Monday October 17, 2005 at 16:15 |
wingnut88 Lurking Member |
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Anyone have gettting Rogers VOD movies (GTA) in addition to the channels listed in the first post? Mostly on the weekends I guess weekends are when people rent the movies. Ive recently seen Taxi, Finding Neverland, Sin City, others I cant remember the names of...and a few "adult" movies. Check out the 88, 90 and 93 subchannels or do a scan on a Friday/Saturday night.
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| Post 38 made on Monday October 17, 2005 at 18:05 |
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I saw some adult channels the other day to, just out of the blue :-)
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| OP | Post 39 made on Monday October 17, 2005 at 23:34 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Like I mentioned in the first post, the 88, 90 and 93 channels contain active Rogers On Demand stations. The problem is there are hundreds of potential channels that "could" be active, so it's hit and miss as to what you'll see, where and when. And of course if the originator wants to fastforward or pause, you do too. :-)
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| Post 40 made on Thursday October 27, 2005 at 17:02 |
alebowgm Long Time Member |
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| OP | Post 41 made on Thursday October 27, 2005 at 18:21 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Nothing's new. This kind of stuff doesn't change that often.
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| Post 42 made on Thursday November 17, 2005 at 11:04 |
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Is it possible to receieve these free HDTV channels with a PC TV Tuner card, and if so, which one?
Thanks guys...
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| Post 43 made on Tuesday November 22, 2005 at 09:55 |
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Confirmed - this works with an HD3000 QAM Tuner and Linux.
To those interested - use the debug mode on a Digital Tuner to get Frequency and MPEG Video/Audio PID's.
Debug Mode:
- Press and hold the "+" Button on your SA terminal
- When the mail light lites up release the "+" button, and press info.
- QAM Frequency and PID data is contained on pages 4/5
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| Post 44 made on Thursday November 24, 2005 at 07:16 |
RICHNWB Long Time Member |
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Daniel..first off ..Happy Thanksgiving...and i have a question regarding ATSC tuners..i just ordered a D-VHS with one built in..i was curious as to how OFA broadcasts would look..my question is ..will this be able to tune in my cable HD signal also..i currently have HD STB on 2 tvs to get these channels..in the 500 range..my other 3 sets are just connected directly to the cable and get only the SD channels..up to 125 i belive..im not talking about scrambled channels i think..because on one i have Showtime Hd and it doesnt come in on the other..cable co says i need two subscriptions to get it on both boxes..ive been considering the Sony unit you have..to get out from renting my HD boxes..is every cable co different..?..im on Service Electric here in Pa....and one way or the other i guess i need some sort of spliter to switch between OFA and cable correct?..Thanks for your time and i hope you and family have a safe holiday!..Rich G
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| Post 45 made on Friday November 25, 2005 at 08:03 |
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for those in Burlington and Oakville, the same setup works with cogeco, I have a LG QAM box and get a similar amount of channels plus the on demand movies. Nothing in HD though just standard stuff.
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