Cable TV from High Speed Cable Internet?

[47]

Is there any way to watch cable on PC when I have high speed internet
through my cable company? I know you can do it with a TV tuner but can you
do it with software?

Thanks!
Forty7

 

[Steve C. Ray]

No.

 

[Cookie]

Is there any way to watch cable on PC when I have high speed internet
through my cable company? I know you can do it with a TV tuner but can you
do it with software?

Thanks!
Forty7

If you got a TV-in and the right software, yes you can...

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[AR]

The cable companies often split the signal at their office
(I think it's called head-end signal split). This means
the coax cable connected to your computer should not have
any cable tv signals to be received, even if you connect a
TV to it.

If you do try it, will you let me know?
Thanks.

 

[Lem]

This seems unlikely (but I don't have cable internet) because it would
require to coax lines to the customer and would pretty much eliminate
the ability of customers to do a do-it-yourself cable internet install
(an option heavily pushed by my cable TV service).

 

[splatter]

Thank you for the replies.

Sounds like it's a no-go.

Cheers

Probably but the easiest way to tell is to hook your internet coax to a tv,
tune to 3, and see if you have a signal. That will at least tell you if it's
possible.

DP

 

[NobodyMan]

And even if they don't do a head-end split, they will usually create a
separate feed to your computer in your home with a filter at that point to
specifically block the (often digital nowadays) TV content bandpass to
prevent interference.

I know of three different cable companies - Comcast here, Cox for my
father, and some company in Illinois (name escapes me) - that don't do
any kind of "splitting" or "filtering."

My coax is split after leaving the wall (regular splitter); one feed
goes to the cable box and the other directly to the cable modem. I
plugged the cable modem line into a TV and got channels, so no
filtering there!

Same for the other two connections for the other two companies.

I realize that this is hardly conclusive evidence, but three different
companie in three widely separated geographic regions does present a
good argument.

Oh, by the way, what does this have to do with the group: WinXP
general advice? Nothing methinks.

 

[kurttrail]

Probably but the easiest way to tell is to hook your internet coax to
a tv, tune to 3, and see if you have a signal. That will at least
tell you if it's possible.

DP

The the coax into my modem recieves is the same as that goes to my TV
and have switch it on occasion. The problem is that the modem is not a
TV receiver. He need a TV tuner attached to the computer and split the
cable signal to both TV tuner card/and or device and the cable modem. I
use my 'puter as a TV all the time, with my AIW.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Your cable company should be able to tell you exactly what you
need.

Bruce Chambers

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[Guest]

Actually, if you are able to use the internet cable to receive tv also, you
can but, you'd need a video card that can has a "cable in" or "TV in"
facility, plus the software.

 

[Scott]

If you have cable internet, and cable tv in your home you can receive
tv siganls to your com with a tuner card.. However if you are running
cable internet only, the cable company installs a filter at the source
to prevent you from having free tv. (although some channels may get
past the filter.)

 

[kurttrail]

If you have cable internet, and cable tv in your home you can receive
tv siganls to your com with a tuner card.. However if you are running
cable internet only, the cable company installs a filter at the source
to prevent you from having free tv. (although some channels may get
past the filter.)

That makes total sense. Thanks.

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