Cogeco HD Channels using Built in ATSC/QAM Tuner

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vanhorn

Discussion Starter · Dec 29, 2006

Hello to all,

I'm new to the HDTV World (ain't christmas great!).

Heres whats happening - my TV has an ATSC Tuner, and when I scan the cable I get a whole bunch of SD (480i) and 1 HD (A&E HD @ 720p) channel.

Looks like the same channels as basic cable?

They are sitting @ 87-X, 89-X and 90-X

As far as I'm concerned its all good - I just haven't seen any other posts on this?

Just curious about whats happening, is this a cogeco service that is supported - or is it just there? or will it go "poof" and disappear someday?

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joeags

· #111 · Nov 13, 2012 (Edited)

New QAM scan last night, Hamilton:

8 HD Channels:
TVO - 16-1710
CTV - 16-805
CTV2 - 16-802
SCORE - 29-1275
SPORTSNET ONE - 31-736
NFL NETWORK - 26-746
FOOD NETWORK - 25-764
E! - 72-828

Many Digital Channels, including audio. The rest of the sports channels I care about are there - TSN, TSN2, SN x 3. I'll try to follow up with channels...

Interesting, my Samsung tv and Panasonic TV come up with slightly different channel numbers for several networks. I'm sure the answer is is in post #2 though!!!

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joeags

· #112 · Nov 26, 2012

November 25 update - for some reason couldn't edit above post.8 HD Channels:

TVO - 16-1710
CTV - 16-805
CTV2 - 16-802
SCORE - 29-1275
Gone: SPORTSNET ONE - 31-736
NFL NETWORK - 26-746
FOOD NETWORK - 25-764
E! - 72-828

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joeags

· #113 · Dec 30, 2012

December 30th update - 11 HD Channels:

TVO - 16-1710
CTV - 16-805
CTV2 - 16-802
SCORE - 29-1275
Gone: SPORTSNET ONE - 31-736
NFL NETWORK - 26-746
FOOD NETWORK - 25-764
E! - 72-828

4 on freeview hopefully until Jan 31 as shown on the HiFi website:
HiFi
Oasis
EqHD
RadX

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joeags

· #115 · Jan 6, 2013

dsspredator said:
What is your location?
In Niagara, the only ITC HD channel is the Shopping Network.

I'm in the Hamilton area.

Definitely have all those channels listed still, although those nature shows and concerts are causing me to run low on hard drive space!!

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joeags

· #121 · Aug 21, 2013

Just for information's sake, I have noticed fairly consistent staying power of the clear QAM channels here. I started tracking in December, and although I have been told it's gone (by the repair guy), I still have most of my original channels.

For HD, I only get TVO, CTV & CTV2 as the "local" channels - TVO changed once. I recently lost the NFL network altogether, but still have Food, E! and one other.

SD is not recorded often, but treehouse moved once, but all local stations are in the same location. Definitely lost some higher level ones, but probably only 2.

Pay networks on freeview are definitely fickle - I never trust those staying.

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joeags

· #123 · Sep 22, 2013

Well, that's pretty much the end of HD clear-qam for me in Hamilton. I had TVO, CTV & CTV2 for the past year, but the last 2 disappeared after the Amazing Race on Monday. I have 1 channel that I never watch that is still available, but to me clear-qam is dead. No clear-qam, no cable card, just disappointment.

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joeags

· #124 · Oct 1, 2013

And now the last HD channels are gone. Only basic SD channels available in Dundas with clear qam...

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joeags

· #128 · Apr 15, 2014

Analog has died in my neck of the woods, which is disappointing for my wife and her dual tuner series 2 tivo. I've pumped all recordings over to the computer with NextPVR, although my wife used the tivo as a single tuner, and will update here. So just in case anybody checks in on this through searches, here is where I am at with clearqam channels in Dundas through Cogeco:

HD: if there are free previews, you will generally get them on clearqam - Cottage Life, FSN, A&E and Travel & Explore are currently available, History Channel was last month, Oasis / Smithsonian / RadX / HIFI were in December / January, etc. Not bad if you want to grab some shows you wouldn't normally see. Otherwise, only 1 HD channel available.

SD: I thought these would be gone with analog, but I do still get the basic cable versions of SD on qam - network channels mostly, but a few others. Of course free preview channels are showing up, but I just set up the HD version. I do like the SD just because I can sometimes record more than one show in SD at the same time since they share a "channel."

If ancaster above checks, what you see is what you get - and no real channel list online, you just have to do the manual mapping. It takes a bit, but you can generally figure out most quickly with a tv guide. Network channels will have the logo on the screen, making it easier. Make a spreadsheet - my first time I did it on the tv naming the channels, and when we lost power, the mapping was gone with the outage!

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joeags

· #145 · Apr 19, 2015

Same here. Only free preview channels and a few Cogeco 14 stations. I had used the hauppauge 950q for backup recordings of SD shows, but that is no longer an option. Bummer, no options other than the set-top boxes.

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