Most cable companies filter all frequencies above 50Mhz if you have Internet only service. Which means that you won't get any TV signal. Not even the "over the air" stations. A few cable companies don't bother to filter, but they usually advertise that as "Free basic cable with your Internet subscription".
I got about 25 channels through the cable to our house for years. Recently I moved and also got about the same number of channels, but recently, over a period of a few days, channels kept getting blocked until there were none coming through. I bought an over-the-air antenna, put it in my attic, and now get about 10 channels, with most coming from a tower farm about 60 miles away (but weather and other conditions make it spotty at times).
This worked great for me but I live in a small town with a small town independent cable provider and they have not scrambled the signal. I do, however, get even more channels with my outdoor antenna. For some of you asking questions, this is only possible if you get your internet service from a cable company. It will not work if you get DSL or internet through your phone line.
It's not a secret signal. The RF signal includes the entire spectrum of service. (Data, Voice, Video). Some markets do not yet encrypt the signal. In those markets there are little things called filters. Your installer neglected to put a HSI (High Speed Internet) only filter at your tap. With that filter, the only RF you could get would be the frequency of the DOCSIS channels the internet is carried on
This was my down fall I had all services, canceled TV had only web, tecks never came out it was canceled at source later had line damage teck came out and rectified the job putting on a filter as I only have web
In 2019, this no longer works in most places-- you need the cable box because the signals are scrambled. Just stick with the outside OTA antenna, and you'll be fine.
By law, they're required to provide local channels for free. If they look scrambled to you, it's because there's a filter somewhere on the line. Simply remove it and you're good.
You can't do it with Charter they scramble everything unless you have a box now used to be able to do this years ago but it stopped sometime around 2013
Even when this was published, cable providers were encrypting their signals to prevent "basic" cable to be picked up by an ATSC tuner. Now it's just about impossible to find an unencrypted cable feed. It was great while it lasted!
I wish I would have read your post before pulling wires from here and there and wasting my time! I've reset the connections reset the power change wiring around and everything! A waste of time! Now I'm frustrated!
Yes, the FCC requires that cable companies not scramble OTA (over-the-air) channels in a particular market. You can only get OTA and local community channels like cable access, but no basic or premium cable channels. This is the law as of now, but since the FCC seems to be bought now, who knows how much longer this regulation will remain.
I have internet through my phone n use my hotspot for my Roku TV....But my neighbor..who is a stone throw away has cable n his sometimes comes in on my tv
I tried this it works fairly well however I have an outdoor large over the air antenna it also has a rotor for pin point accuracy I I get upwards of 50 channels most in high definition picture is absolutely perfect.
The picture from a good antenna is much clearer than any cable image. I never disconnected my antenna even after getting DirecTV. Your local channels will always look better through an antenna (assuming you live close enough to the TV transmitters in your area.) Also with an antenna your local channels will not be knocked out by weather problems (rain, snow or ice) like they will when using the satellite.
If you live close to a TV transmitter thanks to my neighbor's trees and poor reception through my local company a lot I don't get but they still want to charge me a lot of money
A TV/internet subscription with Verizon FIOS in northern NJ does allow an additional TV without a converter box to receive broadcast channels when scanned. If you just have a internet subscription, they'll block the TV signal.
This worked before the cable provider went all digital.. Once they went digital the lower end (local) channels that were available disappeared as is the case with most cable providers.
*Roper Davis* You're wrong. When cable companies went all digital, all that meant was that the unscrambled channels could still be had...provided your TV had a digital tuner that could pick up unscrambled cable digital channels. He's using the DIGITAL tuner on his TV to get these. Didn't you pay attention? This can work, provided the cable company hasn't started scrambling EVERYTHING.
It totally depends on the cable company. Here in the Midwest, with Comcast, you will get a few channels but nothing of interest. Some are the channels they broadcast their advertising on. Comcast requires their box to decode the signal (it's encrypted), and without that box, you won't see nuttin' honey. Yes, I tried it, and I have a cable TV subscription with them.
For most U.S. markets, this ceased to be true as of year 2015. All the major carriers now encrypt the signal. You may get one 480i channel -- explaining that a subscription and set-top box are now required.
I was doing this as a boy 👦 I was about 10 years old. I ran it through my vhs videos player and it actually picked up quite a few channels. The best was the adult channels😂 learnt so much that the first girl thought I was a professional at it at 14🤣🤣🤣
I remember when I was 8 years old when I accidentally found out the Playboy channel when it was Sacramento Cable channel 69. My grandpa found out he had a blackbox.
@@olafelsberry8475 you pay later they send you the bill and it say you watch it I try so many times and my step dad was mad this was when I was 12 I’m 30 now he’s 55
This does exist in some places however. 1. Not using a filter before your modem can cause lower internet speeds. 2. The cable lines, switching, and routing technologies that run to household across the country take years to update for every city this means newer installations will not work as you are receiving digital channels on equipment that is unable to encrypt it.
I had cable for several years after I dropped it. One day, I hooked up the coax and it worked. Eventually, they either put on a filter or cut the line. I got satellite after that. Dropped that many years ago, too. Happy RUclips and Amazon Prime and Hulu user. Lots of free stuff out there. Pluto and a few others out there, especially if you have an Amazon or Roku type device.
This USED to work on our local cable system and I took advantage for several years. Last year, the company made some "upgrades" and it no longer works.
I have internet (300 mps) but not their tv service. I don't have "cable" but subscribe to a few streaming networks such as paramount plus, prime, disney, and hulu. For the local channels, I bought a flat plastic type antenna and hooked it up via coax cable to the tv antenna outlet on the tv. I get cbs, abc and pbs, but not nbc 75 mi away. I may hook up and outside antenna because we had a wildfire destroy the old one. I live in a hilly fringe reception area.
when i first moved where i live now(an apartment) this used to work, but one time the cable company came for one of my neighbor, and we saw the guy installing something in the gray box outside, and since then all channels are just "snow"... so yeah, i don't know if it's the same everywhere, but here it's not scrambled from their end, but in the box you've got on your house!!
Remove the filter that they installed then all the channels will come back, or get a label printer buy a hollowed out filter thats bigger than your cable, switch out filter with hollowed one, put sticker over hollowed one to make it look like its still there, then enjoy the channels
That’s why he said if you have an internet subscription. And they usually don’t cut the cord they just either disconnect it at the nearest junction box or put a filter on it at the Jbox.
Just tried this in 2023, not knowing exactly what to expect... I got 4 channels.. sorta 7-911 was a text emergency channel. This channel is usually only active weather alerts and such, and overrides any channel you are watching when activated. The only text I saw was cable company's name on top and 1/1 on the bottom for page 1 of 1. Rest was blank. 3 channels of 71 (71-### I can't rmember the subchannel numbers) . All three claimed to be audio only. One was actually playing audio, the other two displayed as audio only but couldn't hear anything. I tried tuning back to the one that actually had audio, but I couldn't tune back to it. the entire bank of channel 71 completely vanished. Tried to do another scan and only 7-911 was showing up. Pretty strange! Mind you we actually subscribe to our cable service but that's what we got.
As I understand it this is legal. Some cable companies are starting to block the tv signals. I'm not sure that it is legal for them to block the basic HDTV signals. Since their bills include a tv tax. Even the bills that are so called flat rate include this tax. Please check the legalities on this if anyone finds anything written in stone let me know. Thanks
Yeah! Comcast encrypted the public channels back when they started their Xfinity marketing / branding. But ... hey ... RUclips TV in conjunction with a local power companies FTTH is a good way to get the Comcast / Charter IV removed from your financial bloodstream.
wrong. TV is free. It's been free since since the 1940s. All you need is a decent outside antenna. Or rabbit ears if you are less than 20 miles out. A paper clip will only pick up a few miles from the tower. Only analog TV was shut down. All new sets pick up digital. Old analog sets need a converter box. Just hook up the antenna and hit the scan in the menu. ]\
@@johnsmith6586 You're right! I can't believe how many people get that wrong! If people want better information about the do's and don'ts about broadcast TV, they should watch the Antenna Man's RUclips channel.
this might work on older Analog based systems but not on the Cable where I live in SC. It is an all digital signal and needs to be decoded by the cable box to work. I think Cable companies did this to help stop the stealing of premium channels as those older Analog boxes were easy to hack to get all the channels. They used to put filters on the pole to block the frequencies of the pay channels but it was a pain to add/ drop pay channels as it required them to come to the pole and remove the filter. With all digital signal, they can turn on/off channels at the box without leaving the office. It works just like a sat tv does.
i work for spectrum cable and this will work if the installer who hooked up your internet did not place a filter on the line, some do, some don't. If the filter is on the line you will get nothing, if you have comcast you will get nothing. Spectrum will encrypt their signal soon and then you will lose those channels
arent there laws that say the cable companies cant encrypt ota channels... ive been experimenting with different things bought a 50$ antenna at walmart and its called the mohu leaf gets the same channels as a homemade tin foil and cardboard antenna but since its signal is amplified a little the channels are more stable
cable companies can encrypt their cable signal, which is not over the air. Comcast encrypted their signal in 2010 which meant nobody can steal it. ota is never encrypted and is free with an antenna
The reason it might work is because it is basically a large antenna. You can pick up pbs in my area with just a coax. But hooking this up makes it 1000% more powerful.
Nope. Picking up antenna signals with coax cables only works when they are not connected to anything and are cheap, old and bad quality. Proper modern coax cables and connectors does not act as an antenna. And if it acts as an antenna, it will either be a very bad one or have a bad connection. The whole design of a coax cable is to only receive the intended signals from the other side (in this case the cable provider) and reject any external interference (f.e. OTA signals). That's why you can't use normal wiring for cable TV because those in fact will act as an antenna.
And right after the digital transition of 2009, in the apartment I moved in to, was cable ready (back in 2012). I had an old school tube TV (analog only) ran a cable (not antenna) scan, and boom I got a hand full of over the air channels straight from the cable company. I was extremely excited that I didn't have to use the converter box and antenna setup. Well unfortunately only lasted about a few months 🙁. They never disconnected us, but they did actually encrypted their signal (I researched it) But at least it did work and got to experience it after analog basic cable.
this entirely depends on your situation, in my case (spectrum) the day they said the channels would end, they were and thats that, im guessing cuz i have internet, they have me filtered ...
You can't get those movie channels is stuck by changing the whole almonds and which will change to a different frequency so that's why you would actually need a ohmmeter to find out which channels come across at what frequency play around you can get all the channels if you saw choose to
If you want to get the pay to view channels get a high frequency pass filter of the internet, install it on the co-ax in your external box and then do the splitter as instructed in this video then scan. It still works for me 9 years later
You do realize that the cable provider is required by federal law to send that signal through the line don't you? Basic ota channels are under fed regs. You pay for it via taxes whether you use it or not.
This is true. If video services are not active and you have HDTV's in the home that has a QAM tuner, in which most newer models do you are able to access the Broadcast tv services. And you do not need to have a provider service of any kind in the home to do so, unfortunately you will only be able to receive a few broadcast channels, depending on what the Cable provider considers Basic TV. If you have cable internet service in your home and you connect your cable wire to the TV and receive the additional Broadcast Basic channels then your line is not blocked at the tap, a filter should be placed on, now you are considered steeling services. (This is not a secret!)
Peter E Fazzino More than likely the guy that made this video doesn't have an internet trap. If you have internet only the installer is required to install a trap which blocks everything but internet. Now you can remove the trap and you'll be able to get 60+ channels, technically that would be steeling cable though. And that's not what I'm telling you to do. But what you do is totally your call
It depends on your cable system. I have not tried it either, but I do have some experience with those systems (Coax based systems) if you're using Xfinity X1, there's no chance of this working, as it's an encrypted, more advanced signal. Using the older AT&T U-verse (2009 - 2014) then you have a good chance of being able to pull such events off. Another thing that popped into my mind, which may or may not be true, I do not know, is that an independent internet signal is less encrypted for the modems sake to decode it. But coming with that lasts encryption, but TV system is able to decode those signals into regular TV. So all in all, it depends on your entire plan and/or your broadcast station or cable system.
it is geographically sensitive...depending on where you live, there is limited ar wave channels in certain areas...you can do the same by simply placing a simple WIRE to the back of your TV and hang it up and get the same thing ( acts as an antenna ) nothing new here...only issue is many locations only get PBS for example ( like here) others may get a few more some less and some Nothing at all.....and cable companies are scrambling signals, so most require a cable box to get anything from their cable lines now.....
Step 1: Have Direct Tv install a dish on the roof and run a line to each tv. Step 2: Cancel Direct Tv service. Step 3: Go buy Clear Stream 4 antenna. Step 4: disconnect dish and hook up antenna where dish was. Step 5: Enjoy free crystal clear tv :-)
I tend to believe this doesn't work anymore. I've heard in the past, that with the right non-standard gear it was possible to capture cable signals when they were transmitted for the use of the cable company. I'd suspect one modern internet line could or has replaced this aspect of the cable providers 'grid'. I may put the old mast back up when I reroof the house, with an antenna for broadcast TV. The thing is I often just don't have the time for TV. Frankly, it effect on me has worn thin. TV is pretty boring for the most part. It has been of recent years it has just a challenge to overcome (getting the newer digital signals at the fringe) and not a goal worth reaching.
you just are using the cable line as a antenna. most likely over the air signals being picked up... using a basic HD tv antenna will do the same thing.
most cable/web providers put a notch filter on your connection if you pay for internet but not tv. it blocks the tv frequencies but not your internet. my provider goes one further and encrypts the tv signals so you cant remove the filter from your line and the signal can only be decrypted if you pay for a special box
Most cable providers now scramble even the over-the-air channels which can only be decoded legally using their cable box. This will not work for most people.
This used to work but no longer does in my situation. There is a easy solution though. Since over the air TV moved from analog to digital they also moved frequencies. Channels 2 through 6 moved from their lower frequencies to much higher frequencies. They are now virtual channels. Typically they are located in the UHF band. I am mentioning this because with the use of higher frequencies you no longer need the large cumbersome antennas of the past. The new wavelengths are much smaller. All that is needed to get 30,50,or even 80 mile radius reception is a much smaller less gaudy antenna. Cutting the cable with an antenna is cheap and easy nowadays.
More and more cable companies are getting wise to this. Now in Northern Illinois and Southwest Michigan, you just get a video about how to sign up for cable tv, when you connect your internet coax to your tv. At lest that's true for Comcast.
SOME cable companies don't need to install those filters. They are allowed to encrypt all the channels, EVEN THE LOCAL BROADCASTERS. TV subscribers have to rent converter boxes to receive ANYTHING and the cable company can disable those boxes from the comfort of their offices.
robertvirginiabeach yeah I doubt they're going to be able to encrypt local broadcast channels unless they have a deal with the local broadcast channel companies that provide the TV. Channels
That signal is OTA broadcast. The coax cable is acting as an antenna. You can get local channels without having cable Internet if something is acting as an antenna, plugged into the back of tv.
I can’t believe everyone doesn’t already know this. The same fucking coaxial cable is used for both, unless it’s fiber optic. But because fuckwads like this are on RUclips telling people, now all the cable companies are switching to full digital and this isn’t possible
*Golden Castles & Crystal Streams* You're uninforned. It IS cable, but which channels are unscrambled varies from one cable company to another. In this case, it seems the over-the-air channels aren't scrambled, which was required by law...up to a while ago. (The FCC now lets cable companies scramble anything they like.)
Is there anyone who's had cable at any time that did not know this? Most EVERYONE knows this. Same holds true if you turn in your "box" (most of the time) the free broadcast channels still run over the wire. More expensive to dispatch someone to cap or put a filter on the line than to just let it run. Big deal, you get the same with an antenna (probably better, actually).
If I understand correctly, you are basically plugging into the coaxial cable that is in your wall, and you use that length of wire to pick up the over-air signals...
last year we lost all internet and cable TV after hurricane Matthew in Georgia. a friend who works for my cable TV and Internet company told this trick and it worked for local channels. put a old cable out TV cable in screw point, and run other end up my wall. I had to cut connector off other end and peal back coating to expose bare cable. but I was able to watch local news and updates from hurricane Matthew.
There are, or should I say were, two things going on here. 1, you could connect your internet line to your T.V and get all the channels between 1-30ish within the cable signals. Companies got wise to this and changed their frequencies so you could no longer tap into that signal. However, you COULD use that line as a OTA T.V antenna to grab the OTA signals. With all the greed running ramped through cable companies, they further encrypted their signals to wash out even this possibility. So now you are left with a line that gives you nothing but static, or a blank screen. Cable companies are so greedy today, they want you buying even your free OTA channels from them. The older generation will know what I'm saying here, Haven't you noticed before cable rose to the top of the media heap OTA T.V signals were great and you could pull in every channel with a damn metal coat hanger and after cable took over T.V not even the best antennas will pull in every channel and they are lower to shitty quality?
Might work with "some cable providers" but Cox Communications has blocked that. Nothing comes through. Seems Spectrum (old Time Warner) has as well......
Brian Berthold-There is no Federal law that requires what many of you are implying. What you are misinterpreting is a Federal Law that pertains to Subscribers/Paying customers , not to individuals who have access to a cable line but are not paying customers. And, even with paying customers, the law only requires them to attempt to arrange retransmission rights with non Low Power Broadcasters in the local area. If the local Broadcasters are asking for more than the normal fee for retransmitting their signal, they will discontinue rebroadcasting it to paying subscribers. They aren't required to carry Low Power broadcasters at all. They can flag these channels with DRM, and require a cable card to view. So much misinformation, or at least out dated information, being bandied about nowadays. A lot of changes coming next year with introduction of ATSC 3.0, although it isn't mandatory, until new regulations are agreed to. Over the Air broadcasts are MUCH better quality than the compressed mpeg signals transmitted over cable, period. Buy a $20 antenna and if you have a good HDTV set, you have access to the best live video source available, and no monthly fees.
No its not , As long as you don't record anything you watch , Commercials pay for the channels you watch the Cable companies just rout the signals to their base using a HFR and amplify the signal through a cable and fuck you out of money . Even streaming is not illegal nor dose it violate any copy write laws , unless you record the content without permission from producers . I know this because I am in the entertainment business . Cable and Satellite companies don't want you to know this because they want you to pay everything . If you mod a satellite dish relay 6 antenna boosters , and pick up on cable signals , that is not illegal either because your obtain the content OTA . The Cable and Satellite companies are trying to change the laws because they are leaches and being put out of business by those smart enough to stream .
This is called freesat in the uk. Once your done with a sky subscription, just go plug one of the two dish cables direct into your tv. Plenty of full gd channels there. Lots of people don’t know this because they are too hooked on there overpriced shitty subscriptions.
I don't have cable or satellite tv, and only had it briefly in 1998. However using a regular antenna, I pick up close to 60 channels. I get to watch movies, old t.v programs, music, and thanks ot having a roku tv there's plenty of channels I can install to watch anything I want without paying a dime.
@sandy, Wrong. He simply has an unfiltered line. If the line has a filter installed at the outside connection point, this method won't receive any channels.
*sandresstudios* Only to someone who's uninformed. Those cables are shielded. Little if any over-the-air signal would get thru to them. This is valid. The unscrambled channels (if any) are on the raw cable feed.
He is but there is an easier way to do this just buy a high end tv antenna/aerial and just plug into your TV's aerial port and retune your tv and your done. You can buy them for around £80 uk so about $67 us and they do this just as well as his way but easier.
That is correct. A box is needed for local channels threw your internet provider. You will however get 2 channels which are most likely going to be movie preview channels.
@Richard, are you daft? Millions of people watch TV daily. You probably shout "Who wants to eat pizza?" while millions of people call for home delivery daily.
You are receiving "unencrypted" cable, meaning you don't need a cable box. Since you don't have any subscription you won't get any subscription channels like the person said.
Just curious, I don't have cable subscription. Only basic t.v. with a small little antenna , very tricky even picking up basic channels. I have wall cable outlet, probably no service here at my apartment. Any how can I somehow use the wall outlet as a better antenna? I haven't tried it yet. Any suggestions of using a dormant cable wall outlet or even an old phone land line outlet for antenna? I did test phone land line outlet with digital multimeter and has no electrical DC current so I figure that might be safe but would a cable out let have any electrical current in it even if no service activated?
I was pulling this off for the last two years getting about 20 channels, it was still working up until the start of October for me....but now I am only getting one religious channel, and OCCASIONALLY Animal Planet.
I just put a cheap HDTV antenna on my roof and we get like 60 channels of free local digital TV. I think the cable line which I use for internet you need some kind of box they charge for to descramble it to pick up any TV and it does not even get the local stations anymore.
Cable companies have now added a cable box (mini) for OTA local cable channels. In other words, a cable box is needed even for basic / local channels. They are squeezing every penny out of subscribers because cable subscriptions have declined over the past several years.
What's happening here is some otr signals are getting picked up by the catv cable lines. This will work where otr signals are abundant and fairly strong. Unfortunately in my area there's only one channel strong enough to be picked up by the cable tv lines and an outdoor antenna works much better.
Not only do they digitally scramble everything these days, but most cable systems will install a trap at the tap to filter out the frequencies used for video.
Do you think a Signal Booster (splitter) like the Motorola one that boosts the standard 3.5db all the way into the higher frequencies like in the hundreds would get all the other channels like History, Discovery, and the such? Essentially a channel is nothing more than a frequency. So expanding the frequency should in theory. Allow you to ping the channels.
It's probably an oversight from your cable company. Here all cable TV is digital now, we no longer have analog cable where you just put in a splitter and feed it to a TV tuner. Even when we did have an analog cable signal, cable company would block the analog feed at the building entrance with an inline filter, conveniently locked in with a special connector that needs a special tool.
And doing the splitter like that you have to make sure what home is it is because with the different homes you can change to a different portion of the frequency and not get some channels the ideas to have the same moment on both sides for the modem and the TV instead of two different ohmage of a signal
Thanks so much for this video. I live in an area where i'm unable to receive over the air channels with an antenna. I will definitely try this. Thanks again.
The FCC mandates this back in the early 2000’s to accommodate the switch over from analog to digital TV signals. All current TV have to accept both NTSC and digitally generated signals until 2025. By that time, all TV stations world wide will be broadcasting only digitally.
Don Bourgeois the law that allows you to record off a broadcast tv signal also allows you to download streamed videos of the internet for your own personal use
I don't think that's exactly what the cable company has in mind, lol. All cable information (TV, net, FM broadcast, etc. ) is sent out over one cable. It's just a matter of demodulating the signal(s) you want. If you just subscribe to internet, the cable company will usually put a band pass in line to filter out everything except the net freq. Band pass is easy to defeat but not considered exactly lawful. But, you're already paying something for the internet service, just consider it a bonus. They would rather make something rather than nothing. You're only going to be able to receive basic non-encrypted cable anyway without a converter box. No movie or other premium channels. Plus this is on a coaxial system only, fiber is a different story altogether. Now, if he could show us how to demodulate premium signals, now that would be worth something.
Comcast blocks all channels unless you have the box. This trick used to work great many years ago but these days in the digital world they are able to block it.
Unfortunately there wouldn't be any need for this if they would have allowed Locast to continue what they were so admirably doing! Any idea on Locast replacement without installing outdoor antenna?
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Most cable companies filter all frequencies above 50Mhz if you have Internet only service. Which means that you won't get any TV signal. Not even the "over the air" stations. A few cable companies don't bother to filter, but they usually advertise that as "Free basic cable with your Internet subscription".
I got about 25 channels through the cable to our house for years. Recently I moved and also got about the same number of channels, but recently, over a period of a few days, channels kept getting blocked until there were none coming through. I bought an over-the-air antenna, put it in my attic, and now get about 10 channels, with most coming from a tower farm about 60 miles away (but weather and other conditions make it spotty at times).
This worked great for me but I live in a small town with a small town independent cable provider and they have not scrambled the signal. I do, however, get even more channels with my outdoor antenna. For some of you asking questions, this is only possible if you get your internet service from a cable company. It will not work if you get DSL or internet through your phone line.
It's not a secret signal. The RF signal includes the entire spectrum of service. (Data, Voice, Video). Some markets do not yet encrypt the signal. In those markets there are little things called filters. Your installer neglected to put a HSI (High Speed Internet) only filter at your tap. With that filter, the only RF you could get would be the frequency of the DOCSIS channels the internet is carried on
This was my down fall I had all services, canceled TV had only web, tecks never came out it was canceled at source later had line damage teck came out and rectified the job putting on a filter as I only have web
In 2019, this no longer works in most places-- you need the cable box because the signals are scrambled. Just stick with the outside OTA antenna, and you'll be fine.
By law, they're required to provide local channels for free. If they look scrambled to you, it's because there's a filter somewhere on the line. Simply remove it and you're good.
You can't do it with Charter they scramble everything unless you have a box now used to be able to do this years ago but it stopped sometime around 2013
Even when this was published, cable providers were encrypting their signals to prevent "basic" cable to be picked up by an ATSC tuner. Now it's just about impossible to find an unencrypted cable feed.
It was great while it lasted!
I was getting 150 a day hooking up hot cable as an installer back in the day
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I wish I would have read your post before pulling wires from here and there and wasting my time! I've reset the connections reset the power change wiring around and everything! A waste of time! Now I'm frustrated!
more than likely all computerized now you think they would give you the ota channels as an incentive to get basic for a trial period at least
Yes, the FCC requires that cable companies not scramble OTA (over-the-air) channels in a particular market. You can only get OTA and local community channels like cable access, but no basic or premium cable channels. This is the law as of now, but since the FCC seems to be bought now, who knows how much longer this regulation will remain.
I have internet through my phone n use my hotspot for my Roku TV....But my neighbor..who is a stone throw away has cable n his sometimes comes in on my tv
Did you hear about how they ignore engineers who sent them a letter warning them about what what happens when they went to a weaker signal?
I tried this it works fairly well however I have an outdoor large over the air antenna it also has a rotor for pin point accuracy I I get upwards of 50 channels most in high definition picture is absolutely perfect.
The picture from a good antenna is much clearer than any cable image. I never disconnected my antenna even after getting DirecTV. Your local channels will always look better through an antenna (assuming you live close enough to the TV transmitters in your area.) Also with an antenna your local channels will not be knocked out by weather problems (rain, snow or ice) like they will when using the satellite.
If you live close to a TV transmitter thanks to my neighbor's trees and poor reception through my local company a lot I don't get but they still want to charge me a lot of money
A TV/internet subscription with Verizon FIOS in northern NJ does allow an additional TV without a converter box to receive broadcast channels when scanned. If you just have a internet subscription, they'll block the TV signal.
I've done this & it works with my smart tv & got over 100 channels, thanks for the hack !!
This worked before the cable provider went all digital.. Once they went digital the lower end (local) channels that were available disappeared as is the case with most cable providers.
True, that is what happened to me when Cox went all digital. I had this set up for a long time.
*Roper Davis*
You're wrong. When cable companies went all digital, all that meant was that the unscrambled channels could still be had...provided your TV had a digital tuner that could pick up unscrambled cable digital channels. He's using the DIGITAL tuner on his TV to get these. Didn't you pay attention?
This can work, provided the cable company hasn't started scrambling EVERYTHING.
@@nakyer your wrong..... cant get anything here either
It totally depends on the cable company. Here in the Midwest, with Comcast, you will get a few channels but nothing of interest. Some are the channels they broadcast their advertising on. Comcast requires their box to decode the signal (it's encrypted), and without that box, you won't see nuttin' honey. Yes, I tried it, and I have a cable TV subscription with them.
Got Comcast for my internet and no cable.Just a antenna.
For most U.S. markets, this ceased to be true as of year 2015. All the major carriers now encrypt the signal. You may get one 480i channel -- explaining that a subscription and set-top box are now required.
Yeah..
I was doing this as a boy 👦 I was about 10 years old. I ran it through my vhs videos player and it actually picked up quite a few channels. The best was the adult channels😂 learnt so much that the first girl thought I was a professional at it at 14🤣🤣🤣
I remember when I was 8 years old when I accidentally found out the Playboy channel when it was Sacramento Cable channel 69. My grandpa found out he had a blackbox.
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Same here
@@olafelsberry8475 haha that happen to me
@@olafelsberry8475 you pay later they send you the bill and it say you watch it I try so many times and my step dad was mad this was when I was 12 I’m 30 now he’s 55
Try after 4/24/18. Spectrum is going all digital then. You'll need digital box to get anything after that date.
This does exist in some places however.
1. Not using a filter before your modem can cause lower internet speeds.
2. The cable lines, switching, and routing technologies that run to household across the country take years to update for every city this means newer installations will not work as you are receiving digital channels on equipment that is unable to encrypt it.
I had cable for several years after I dropped it. One day, I hooked up the coax and it worked. Eventually, they either put on a filter or cut the line. I got satellite after that. Dropped that many years ago, too. Happy RUclips and Amazon Prime and Hulu user. Lots of free stuff out there. Pluto and a few others out there, especially if you have an Amazon or Roku type device.
I dropped cable to use Kodi and get everything for free.
@@kevindumais9610 what is kodi?
This USED to work on our local cable system and I took advantage for several years. Last year, the company made some "upgrades" and it no longer works.
if my company did not make the upgrade... My question is do i need to use the split-er or can i scan with out it
+Jen KayOss you don't need a splitter unless you are also using the cable for your Internet service and one needs to run to your modem then
wrong hole
belly tripper Should work, but you will have to open your mouth to get SOUND.
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This doesn't always work. Some companies scramble all channels and has to be ran through their set top box to decode even OTA channels.
Frontier is like this.
I have internet (300 mps) but not their tv service. I don't have "cable" but subscribe to a few streaming networks such as paramount plus, prime, disney, and hulu. For the local channels, I bought a flat plastic type antenna and hooked it up via coax cable to the tv antenna outlet on the tv. I get cbs, abc and pbs, but not nbc 75 mi away. I may hook up and outside antenna because we had a wildfire destroy the old one. I live in a hilly fringe reception area.
when i first moved where i live now(an apartment) this used to work, but one time the cable company came for one of my neighbor, and we saw the guy installing something in the gray box outside, and since then all channels are just "snow"... so yeah, i don't know if it's the same everywhere, but here it's not scrambled from their end, but in the box you've got on your house!!
Remove the filter that they installed then all the channels will come back, or get a label printer buy a hollowed out filter thats bigger than your cable, switch out filter with hollowed one, put sticker over hollowed one to make it look like its still there, then enjoy the channels
I think I'll just stick with a $5 antenna .. Cuz out here when you turn off the cable they cut the cord literally
That’s why he said if you have an internet subscription. And they usually don’t cut the cord they just either disconnect it at the nearest junction box or put a filter on it at the Jbox.
Go get the tools and put the cord back together they sell everything you need to do it..
Just tried this in 2023, not knowing exactly what to expect... I got 4 channels.. sorta
7-911 was a text emergency channel. This channel is usually only active weather alerts and such, and overrides any channel you are watching when activated. The only text I saw was cable company's name on top and 1/1 on the bottom for page 1 of 1. Rest was blank.
3 channels of 71 (71-### I can't rmember the subchannel numbers) . All three claimed to be audio only. One was actually playing audio, the other two displayed as audio only but couldn't hear anything. I tried tuning back to the one that actually had audio, but I couldn't tune back to it. the entire bank of channel 71 completely vanished. Tried to do another scan and only 7-911 was showing up. Pretty strange!
Mind you we actually subscribe to our cable service but that's what we got.
As I understand it this is legal. Some cable companies are starting to block the tv signals. I'm not sure that it is legal for them to block the basic HDTV signals. Since their bills include a tv tax. Even the bills that are so called flat rate include this tax. Please check the legalities on this if anyone finds anything written in stone let me know. Thanks
Dude nobody is gonna check your fucking house and nobody knows what are you doing as long it is a secret
Even the broadcast channels are scrambled now. This hasn't worked in my area for years.
Yeah! Comcast encrypted the public channels back when they started their Xfinity marketing / branding. But ... hey ... RUclips TV in conjunction with a local power companies FTTH is a good way to get the Comcast / Charter IV removed from your financial bloodstream.
wrong. TV is free. It's been free since since the 1940s. All you need is a decent outside antenna. Or rabbit ears if you are less than 20 miles out. A paper clip will only pick up a few miles from the tower. Only analog TV was shut down. All new sets pick up digital. Old analog sets need a converter box. Just hook up the antenna and hit the scan in the menu.
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@@markteague8889 Confirmed .It does not work with Comcast
Had xfinity and tried this, all I got was ads for their box for the local channels.
@@johnsmith6586 You're right! I can't believe how many people get that wrong! If people want better information about the do's and don'ts about broadcast TV, they should watch the Antenna Man's RUclips channel.
this might work on older Analog based systems but not on the Cable where I live in SC. It is an all digital signal and needs to be decoded by the cable box to work. I think Cable companies did this to help stop the stealing of premium channels as those older Analog boxes were easy to hack to get all the channels. They used to put filters on the pole to block the frequencies of the pay channels but it was a pain to add/ drop pay channels as it required them to come to the pole and remove the filter. With all digital signal, they can turn on/off channels at the box without leaving the office. It works just like a sat tv does.
Not necessarily. It will work on any active cable feed that has FTA (Free To Air) channels and no filters installed.
Does not work because the signal is scrambled. They have been scrambling the signal for years. I am surprised if it works.
It is not scrambled, they changed the way it comes threw. No longer using voltage and filters.
i work for spectrum cable and this will work if the installer who hooked up your internet did not place a filter on the line, some do, some don't. If the filter is on the line you will get nothing, if you have comcast you will get nothing. Spectrum will encrypt their signal soon and then you will lose those channels
+Corry Owens that stinks. Well back to antenna at that point!
arent there laws that say the cable companies cant encrypt ota channels... ive been experimenting with different things bought a 50$ antenna at walmart and its called the mohu leaf gets the same channels as a homemade tin foil and cardboard antenna but since its signal is amplified a little the channels are more stable
Vox Atlanta Would this work with OPTIMUM cable provider?
Corry Owens I will have to try this
cable companies can encrypt their cable signal, which is not over the air. Comcast encrypted their signal in 2010 which meant nobody can steal it. ota is never encrypted and is free with an antenna
The reason it might work is because it is basically a large antenna. You can pick up pbs in my area with just a coax. But hooking this up makes it 1000% more powerful.
Pretty much, the coax stretches for miles and acts as a super antenna with minor interference from the insulator
Nope. Picking up antenna signals with coax cables only works when they are not connected to anything and are cheap, old and bad quality. Proper modern coax cables and connectors does not act as an antenna. And if it acts as an antenna, it will either be a very bad one or have a bad connection. The whole design of a coax cable is to only receive the intended signals from the other side (in this case the cable provider) and reject any external interference (f.e. OTA signals). That's why you can't use normal wiring for cable TV because those in fact will act as an antenna.
worked for me on virgin media uk, most channels are scrambled but the odd SD and HD channel coming through
using the sony bravia android
And right after the digital transition of 2009, in the apartment I moved in to, was cable ready (back in 2012). I had an old school tube TV (analog only) ran a cable (not antenna) scan, and boom I got a hand full of over the air channels straight from the cable company. I was extremely excited that I didn't have to use the converter box and antenna setup. Well unfortunately only lasted about a few months 🙁. They never disconnected us, but they did actually encrypted their signal (I researched it) But at least it did work and got to experience it after analog basic cable.
Worked for me. 146 channels and counting. Now this is real cord cutter stuff. Thank you
Cord cutter stuff 🤦🏿♂️ 😂😂😂
Won't it fry your tv 📺🤔
this entirely depends on your situation, in my case (spectrum) the day they said the channels would end, they were and thats that, im guessing cuz i have internet, they have me filtered ...
FCC gave special permission to comcast to encrypt every single channel. You need to at least rent a cable card to watch over the air
Does this even apply for PBS and other supposedly free TV stations?
You can't get those movie channels is stuck by changing the whole almonds and which will change to a different frequency so that's why you would actually need a ohmmeter to find out which channels come across at what frequency play around you can get all the channels if you saw choose to
This used to work for me, but now they put a filter at the box on the street i no longer the local channels. I just got internet.
If you want to get the pay to view channels get a high frequency pass filter of the internet, install it on the co-ax in your external box and then do the splitter as instructed in this video then scan. It still works for me 9 years later
You do realize that the cable provider is required by federal law to send that signal through the line don't you? Basic ota channels are under fed regs. You pay for it via taxes whether you use it or not.
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That's not true anymore. FCC now alows then to be blocked.
Only Channel your going to get are your local channel to do come on man nobody that's stupid
This is true. If video services are not active and you have HDTV's in the home that has a QAM tuner, in which most newer models do you are able to access the Broadcast tv services. And you do not need to have a provider service of any kind in the home to do so, unfortunately you will only be able to receive a few broadcast channels, depending on what the Cable provider considers Basic TV. If you have cable internet service in your home and you connect your cable wire to the TV and receive the additional Broadcast Basic channels then your line is not blocked at the tap, a filter should be placed on, now you are considered steeling services. (This is not a secret!)
Jason Weiss Comcast don't
tried this and it did not work.
Peter E Fazzino because they require you to have a box (mini) box for local channels.
Peter E Fazzino More than likely the guy that made this video doesn't have an internet trap. If you have internet only the installer is required to install a trap which blocks everything but internet. Now you can remove the trap and you'll be able to get 60+ channels, technically that would be steeling cable though. And that's not what I'm telling you to do. But what you do is totally your call
It depends on your cable system. I have not tried it either, but I do have some experience with those systems (Coax based systems) if you're using Xfinity X1, there's no chance of this working, as it's an encrypted, more advanced signal. Using the older AT&T U-verse (2009 - 2014) then you have a good chance of being able to pull such events off. Another thing that popped into my mind, which may or may not be true, I do not know, is that an independent internet signal is less encrypted for the modems sake to decode it. But coming with that lasts encryption, but TV system is able to decode those signals into regular TV. So all in all, it depends on your entire plan and/or your broadcast station or cable system.
because the cable company scrambles even the OTA channels now
Use a TV antenna, you get the best picture there is, it's free and you're not stealing from anyone or using any backdoor tactics to watch TV.
This is not stealing lmao. They purposely broadcast a few free channels.
it is geographically sensitive...depending on where you live, there is limited ar wave channels in certain areas...you can do the same by simply placing a simple WIRE to the back of your TV and hang it up and get the same thing ( acts as an antenna ) nothing new here...only issue is many locations only get PBS for example ( like here) others may get a few more some less and some Nothing at all.....and cable companies are scrambling signals, so most require a cable box to get anything from their cable lines now.....
Step 1: Have Direct Tv install a dish on the roof and run a line to each tv. Step 2: Cancel Direct Tv service. Step 3: Go buy Clear Stream 4 antenna. Step 4: disconnect dish and hook up antenna where dish was. Step 5: Enjoy free crystal clear tv :-)
YOUR the best but not cus all I get is fucking gay porn..... Well my women for some resone likes it...
Hello, this appears to be very neat but I only have one cord from the box to the wall.
I tend to believe this doesn't work anymore. I've heard in the past, that with the right non-standard gear it was possible to capture cable signals when they were transmitted for the use of the cable company. I'd suspect one modern internet line could or has replaced this aspect of the cable providers 'grid'.
I may put the old mast back up when I reroof the house, with an antenna for broadcast TV. The thing is I often just don't have the time for TV. Frankly, it effect on me has worn thin. TV is pretty boring for the most part. It has been of recent years it has just a challenge to overcome (getting the newer digital signals at the fringe) and not a goal worth reaching.
The older I get the more I realize that television is basically a waste of what little time I may have left.
you just are using the cable line as a antenna. most likely over the air signals being picked up... using a basic HD tv antenna will do the same thing.
If you have cable internet, use the splitter just like you did and you will get all basic cable channels.
most cable/web providers put a notch filter on your connection if you pay for internet but not tv. it blocks the tv frequencies but not your internet. my provider goes one further and encrypts the tv signals so you cant remove the filter from your line and the signal can only be decrypted if you pay for a special box
this will not work with modern digital cable systems. you are on a old system that has not been upgraded to digital. enjoy it why you can.
it's probably digital, just not encrypted.
Yep, worked for me. No cable, but have internet. Now I have 138 channels on my tv!
Most cable providers now scramble even the over-the-air channels which can only be decoded legally using their cable box. This will not work for most people.
Lol little do they know that we just use broadcasthenet...
This used to work but no longer does in my situation. There is a easy solution though. Since over the air TV moved from analog to digital they also moved frequencies. Channels 2 through 6 moved from their lower frequencies to much higher frequencies. They are now virtual channels. Typically they are located in the UHF band. I am mentioning this because with the use of higher frequencies you no longer need the large cumbersome antennas of the past. The new wavelengths are much smaller. All that is needed to get 30,50,or even 80 mile radius reception is a much smaller less gaudy antenna. Cutting the cable with an antenna is cheap and easy nowadays.
More and more cable companies are getting wise to this. Now in Northern Illinois and Southwest Michigan, you just get a video about how to sign up for cable tv, when you connect your internet coax to your tv. At lest that's true for Comcast.
yeah because they have filters blocking the cable signal thats the new thing now. it won't work at this time.
SOME cable companies don't need to install those filters. They are allowed to encrypt all the channels, EVEN THE LOCAL BROADCASTERS. TV subscribers have to rent converter boxes to receive ANYTHING and the cable company can disable those boxes from the comfort of their offices.
robertvirginiabeach yeah I doubt they're going to be able to encrypt local broadcast channels unless they have a deal with the local broadcast channel companies that provide the TV. Channels
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That signal is OTA broadcast. The coax cable is acting as an antenna. You can get local channels without having cable Internet if something is acting as an antenna, plugged into the back of tv.
its just regular tv not cable
Golden Castles & Crystal Streams regular tv is lame asf
Golden Castles & Crystal Streams no moron this is cable. It’s the basic analog channels.
I can’t believe everyone doesn’t already know this. The same fucking coaxial cable is used for both, unless it’s fiber optic.
But because fuckwads like this are on RUclips telling people, now all the cable companies are switching to full digital and this isn’t possible
*Golden Castles & Crystal Streams*
You're uninforned. It IS cable, but which channels are unscrambled varies from one cable company to another. In this case, it seems the over-the-air channels aren't scrambled, which was required by law...up to a while ago. (The FCC now lets cable companies scramble anything they like.)
Is there anyone who's had cable at any time that did not know this? Most EVERYONE knows this. Same holds true if you turn in your "box" (most of the time) the free broadcast channels still run over the wire. More expensive to dispatch someone to cap or put a filter on the line than to just let it run. Big deal, you get the same with an antenna (probably better, actually).
Don't work with Comcast or Cox but does work with Optimum in NJ
If I understand correctly, you are basically plugging into the coaxial cable that is in your wall, and you use that length of wire to pick up the over-air signals...
When i Did auto Scan it picked up a bunch of channels on the scan but when I try to watch TV it's says scramble channels or weak signal unfortunately.
last year we lost all internet and cable TV after hurricane Matthew in Georgia. a friend who works for my cable TV and Internet company told this trick and it worked for local channels. put a old cable out TV cable in screw point, and run other end up my wall. I had to cut connector off other end and peal back coating to expose bare cable. but I was able to watch local news and updates from hurricane Matthew.
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There are, or should I say were, two things going on here. 1, you could connect your internet line to your T.V and get all the channels between 1-30ish within the cable signals. Companies got wise to this and changed their frequencies so you could no longer tap into that signal. However, you COULD use that line as a OTA T.V antenna to grab the OTA signals. With all the greed running ramped through cable companies, they further encrypted their signals to wash out even this possibility. So now you are left with a line that gives you nothing but static, or a blank screen. Cable companies are so greedy today, they want you buying even your free OTA channels from them. The older generation will know what I'm saying here, Haven't you noticed before cable rose to the top of the media heap OTA T.V signals were great and you could pull in every channel with a damn metal coat hanger and after cable took over T.V not even the best antennas will pull in every channel and they are lower to shitty quality?
Might work with "some cable providers" but Cox Communications has blocked that. Nothing comes through. Seems Spectrum (old Time Warner) has as well......
doing that is illegal they HAVE to by federal law give locals for free
Know anything about Wowway (WOW)..?
Brian Berthold-There is no Federal law that requires what many of you are implying. What you are misinterpreting is a Federal Law that pertains to Subscribers/Paying customers , not to individuals who have access to a cable line but are not paying customers.
And, even with paying customers, the law only requires them to attempt to arrange retransmission rights with non Low Power Broadcasters in the local area. If the local Broadcasters are asking for more than the normal fee for retransmitting their signal, they will discontinue rebroadcasting it to paying subscribers. They aren't required to carry Low Power broadcasters at all. They can flag these channels with DRM, and require a cable card to view.
So much misinformation, or at least out dated information, being bandied about nowadays. A lot of changes coming next year with introduction of ATSC 3.0, although it isn't mandatory, until new regulations are agreed to.
Over the Air broadcasts are MUCH better quality than the compressed mpeg signals transmitted over cable, period. Buy a $20 antenna and if you have a good HDTV set, you have access to the best live video source available, and no monthly fees.
No its not , As long as you don't record anything you watch , Commercials pay for the channels you watch the Cable companies just rout the signals to their base using a HFR and amplify the signal through a cable and fuck you out of money . Even streaming is not illegal nor dose it violate any copy write laws , unless you record the content without permission from producers . I know this because I am in the entertainment business . Cable and Satellite companies don't want you to know this because they want you to pay everything . If you mod a satellite dish relay 6 antenna boosters , and pick up on cable signals , that is not illegal either because your obtain the content OTA . The Cable and Satellite companies are trying to change the laws because they are leaches and being put out of business by those smart enough to stream .
LOL, ya caught that, huh? HAHAHA!
This is called freesat in the uk. Once your done with a sky subscription, just go plug one of the two dish cables direct into your tv. Plenty of full gd channels there. Lots of people don’t know this because they are too hooked on there overpriced shitty subscriptions.
this only happens when the cable technicians forget to put a filter on your line so you wouldn't watch tv without paying for it
They don't use filters to block stuff anymore, most companies stopped that years ago.
When you used to be able to slip the cable guy 20 bucks to leave the filter off after you cancel cable.
They can just scramble all channels, that obviously only subscribers get, so you need a ci+ module to watch them
I don't have cable or satellite tv, and only had it briefly in 1998. However using a regular antenna, I pick up close to 60 channels. I get to watch movies, old t.v programs, music, and thanks ot having a roku tv there's plenty of channels I can install to watch anything I want without paying a dime.
Sounds more like you're using the cable wiring throughout the house as an antenna.
@sandy, Wrong. He simply has an unfiltered line. If the line has a filter installed at the outside connection point, this method won't receive any channels.
*sandresstudios*
Only to someone who's uninformed. Those cables are shielded. Little if any over-the-air signal would get thru to them.
This is valid. The unscrambled channels (if any) are on the raw cable feed.
He is but there is an easier way to do this just buy a high end tv antenna/aerial and just plug into your TV's aerial port and retune your tv and your done.
You can buy them for around £80 uk so about $67 us and they do this just as well as his way but easier.
No the signal is actually sent from the cable company. Problem is nowadays the cable companies put on inline signal blockers
That is correct. A box is needed for local channels threw your internet provider. You will however get 2 channels which are most likely going to be movie preview channels.
Can’t like this enough, I have been looking for something like this for 2.5 weeks thank you lol
The question is, who wants to watch TV ? it's commercials and crap - I haven't watched it in 25 years.
Richard Fay Fucking liar...then why check out this vid? Dumbass
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@Richard, are you daft? Millions of people watch TV daily. You probably shout "Who wants to eat pizza?" while millions of people call for home delivery daily.
Richard Fay damn how old are you? Lol
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You are receiving "unencrypted" cable, meaning you don't need a cable box. Since you don't have any subscription you won't get any subscription channels like the person said.
This worked for me until recently. I had several channels but they are now gone.
same
Three of the 5 major network channels work digitally. Fox and NBC are not digital. Thanks for the video.
spectrum is the worst cable/nternet provider ever.
dufus I have them as well and I can't stand them
Bet Cable One beats 'em all on the horrible level.
dufus APK for spectrum
look up APK' spectrum
As soon as they bought out Time Warner I was done
Just curious, I don't have cable subscription. Only basic t.v. with a small little antenna , very tricky even picking up basic channels. I have wall cable outlet, probably no service here at my apartment. Any how can I somehow use the wall outlet as a better antenna? I haven't tried it yet. Any suggestions of using a dormant cable wall outlet or even an old phone land line outlet for antenna? I did test phone land line outlet with digital multimeter and has no electrical DC current so I figure that might be safe but would a cable out let have any electrical current in it even if no service activated?
Spectrum has started blocking all cable signals on 7/16/18. We now need a cable box and this doesn't work anymore.
I was pulling this off for the last two years getting about 20 channels, it was still working up until the start of October for me....but now I am only getting one religious channel, and OCCASIONALLY Animal Planet.
So spectrum is non workable?
I just tried this today and it appears to work.
I just put a cheap HDTV antenna on my roof and we get like 60 channels of free local digital TV. I think the cable line which I use for internet you need some kind of box they charge for to descramble it to pick up any TV and it does not even get the local stations anymore.
Cable companies have now added a cable box (mini) for OTA local cable channels. In other words, a cable box is needed even for basic / local channels. They are squeezing every penny out of subscribers because cable subscriptions have declined over the past several years.
Your 100% correct,I cannot pull in basic tv anymore with just my internet hook up.
What's happening here is some otr signals are getting picked up by the catv cable lines.
This will work where otr signals are abundant and fairly strong.
Unfortunately in my area there's only one channel strong enough to be picked up by the cable tv lines and an outdoor antenna works much better.
Cable,internet and parking.
Should be free!
Not only do they digitally scramble everything these days, but most cable systems will install a trap at the tap to filter out the frequencies used for video.
I used to do this in 2010-2012. I would sometimes get channels like Discovery, Nick and ESPN for a little while.
Do you think a Signal Booster (splitter) like the Motorola one that boosts the standard 3.5db all the way into the higher frequencies like in the hundreds would get all the other channels like History, Discovery, and the such? Essentially a channel is nothing more than a frequency. So expanding the frequency should in theory. Allow you to ping the channels.
nothing in this entire UNIVERSE is free.......NOTHING....
It's probably an oversight from your cable company. Here all cable TV is digital now, we no longer have analog cable where you just put in a splitter and feed it to a TV tuner. Even when we did have an analog cable signal, cable company would block the analog feed at the building entrance with an inline filter, conveniently locked in with a special connector that needs a special tool.
I had these channels until this week. They all stopped coming in. Now I have none.
And doing the splitter like that you have to make sure what home is it is because with the different homes you can change to a different portion of the frequency and not get some channels the ideas to have the same moment on both sides for the modem and the TV instead of two different ohmage of a signal
Thanks so much for this video. I live in an area where i'm unable to receive over the air channels with an antenna. I will definitely try this. Thanks again.
The FCC mandates this back in the early 2000’s to accommodate the switch over from analog to digital TV signals. All current TV have to accept both NTSC and digitally generated signals until 2025. By that time, all TV stations world wide will be broadcasting only digitally.
So after 2025 tvs can be manufactured without ntsc analog receivers?
@@evanbv8793 Its already happening in UK and Europe TVs now have digital only tuners and no Video inputs all HDMI only
Have you heard of kodi?
crisangel afanador kodi is not illegal in the US
crisangel afanador, streaming content is not illegal, DOWNLOADING the content and keeping a copy is illegal.
+crisangel afanador KODI is not illegal it is a streaming media service just like VLC or Windows Media Player your information is incorrect.
Don Bourgeois the law that allows you to record off a broadcast tv signal also allows you to download streamed videos of the internet for your own personal use
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Only got KYW-TV to work and all the other channels appeared but it showed a black screen and I continously had to unscramble the channels.
I disconnected from Comcast tv service, but kept my internet. I tried this, but didn't work. But not have ESPN and Fox News is a blessing
I don't think that's exactly what the cable company has in mind, lol. All cable information (TV, net, FM broadcast, etc. ) is sent out over one cable. It's just a matter of demodulating the signal(s) you want. If you just subscribe to internet, the cable company will usually put a band pass in line to filter out everything except the net freq. Band pass is easy to defeat but not considered exactly lawful. But, you're already paying something for the internet service, just consider it a bonus. They would rather make something rather than nothing. You're only going to be able to receive basic non-encrypted cable anyway without a converter box. No movie or other premium channels. Plus this is on a coaxial system only, fiber is a different story altogether. Now, if he could show us how to demodulate premium signals, now that would be worth something.
I connected my tv to a log splitter... All i got was some fire wood.
Haven't seen a wooden console in 50 years.
My fuckin' house just burned down when I plugged in my Amazon Fire Stick :'(
LOL
If you still have internet through your cable provider your not a cord cutter lol
Lol
Comcast blocks all channels unless you have the box. This trick used to work great many years ago but these days in the digital world they are able to block it.
I had Comcast and i was receiving a bunch of channels in a tv upstairs, Comcast told me they didn’t put a filter in my line because i had dish.
Good Stuff! Many thanks from Clearwater Florida!
Nice. Also if you have a roku tv, you get 100s of channels with internet. No internet? Use your cellphone as a hotspot. 100s of channels
New sub😘
5000 channels and nothing on. I'll stream my anime thanks.
Unfortunately there wouldn't be any need for this if they would have allowed Locast to continue what they were so admirably doing!
Any idea on Locast replacement without installing outdoor antenna?
Some cable companys have all their channels scrambled.
Is there a way around it?