Can you get a HD signal using only the comcast cable to the HDTV and no box or DVR?

Question

Can you get a HD signal using only the comcast cable to the HDTV and no box or DVR?

Answer 1

Hi Missing,

It can be done with a TV that accepts a cable card. Unfortunately that system for some reason wasn't very well accepted and the TV selection with cable card capability is small.

My TiVo uses cable cards so I don't have to use a set top box.

Norm

Answer 2

You can't recieve any HD channels just using a cable.  If you're TV is HD ready you can use an antenna to get local stations.  A standard coaxial cable isn't enough to recieve HD.  Otherwise you will need some sort of subscription to your cable company, and they will give you an HD receiver.

Answer 3

I dont think so....you need a HD Box it will be about $7/month. I have the HD chanals and they are sooooooo worth it...

Answer 4

Yes, if your TV has a QAM/ATSC tuner.  But you will only get the locals like cbs, abc, pbs, fox, nbc.  No discovery/hbo hd (even if you already have hbo), etc unless you got the box.

Just do a channel search and it should find all the channels hd or sd.  For me, NBC (new york channel 4) is 4-1.  4 is sd, 4-1 is hd, 4-2 is like nbc weather scan, etc.

Answer 5

HD runs on weird channels that have dashes after them.  Comcast configures their digital cables to run on channels that are independent of the cable box representation of them.  On my dad's TV, without a cable box, TNT comes in on channel 74-65521, among sixteen other random numberings.

The HD box I rent from comcast costs me $6 a month.  I highly suggest it if you really want HD.

But of course if all you want is the local HD, it's configured pretty simply.  Our NBC runs on channel 7, and 7-1 is it in HD, 7-2 is weather scan, 7-3 is digital SD.