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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Brian Wallen <<a href="mailto:bwallen@gmail.com">bwallen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'm about to get FiOS TV installed, and I read that it provides QAM<br>local channels. What I'm not sure about is if I have to subscribe to<br>
their HDTV package to get this, or do they just send the QAM channels<br>along with any package I get? I understand that I wouldn't be getting<br>anything like DiscoveryHD, etc. Is there a preferred way to capture<br>
these channels? I was thinking about an HDHomerun or a pcHDTV 5500.<br>What would you guys recommend? I live in Fairfax, VA. Is there anyone<br>else on this list that has had luck with the same setup in my area?<br></blockquote>
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<div>To get the available Clear QAM Channels you do not need to subscribe to any particular pack except for the full basic plus cable package. this is typically shown on cable ready tvs as all the channels from 2-70 or there abouts, thier local only 2-30 or something of the sort they put a filter on the line limiting the signals. most clear QAM channels are broadcast in the signal space between 75-125, </div>
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<div>but be warned normally on MOST cable systems from posts on this board and my own experience is only local channels are in clear QAM and the rest are encrypted. For a little while I had one cable channel that wasnt local free and clear but they decided to encrypt it. There have even been some cases where local channels have been encrypted. The only way to record channels that your provider decides to encrypt is to use a connection to a set top box provided by the company. </div>
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