Re: Cox and TV Tuner Question

"Greg" <greg.hays@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I have Cox basic and expanded as of right now. No converter or anything.
>I'm running it into my home enter. pc. with a Hauppage PRV 150 MCE tv
>tuner (analog). Viewing it on a Westinghouse 37" 1080P monitor. If I
>upgrade my video card to a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 1129 >NTSC/ATSC/QAM/ 
>tuner, can I view Cox HD without leasing one of
>their HD boxes?

Cox doesn't advertise this, but you can get a few HD stations thru their
cables w/o using one of their STB's.  I did a channel-search with a new
HDTV before getting a Cox-box and picked up HD-OTA broadcasts
by the stations that Cox also carries in those tiers (i.e. local network &
independents) -- perhaps due to must-carry rules -- but no cable-only
services like ESPN, Discovery, etc.