Cogeco HD Channels using Built in ATSC/QAM Tuner

1234Aquos4321 said:

Just wondering if anyone has a complete cogeco channel list when connecting coax directly to the tv?

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1234Aquos4321,

I have a Samsung LN-R408 which is also DCR ready, by using only the analog coax cable, aside from the analog channels I get a bunch of DTV channels (among which 4 HD channels) and music as in the list below:

CH.# Description Ch.type
62-90 HEALTH NETWORK SD
62-96 MTV SD
62-99 BET SD
62-301 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
62-304 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
62-310 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
62-315 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
63-302 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
63-309 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
63-317 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
64-151 SPORTSNET SD
64-323 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
64-335 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
65-93 REPORT ON BUSINESS SD
65-321 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
65-322 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
65-328 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
66-71 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SD
66-74 APTN SD
66-123 BITE TV SD
66-307 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
66-316 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
66-326 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
67-27 YTV (KIDS CHANNEL) SD
67-91 CLT SD
67-95 A CHANNEL SD
67-151 FSN SPORTS SD
67-305 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
67-319 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
67-320 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
67-333 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
68-331 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
68-337 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
68-340 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
69-94 MUCH MORE MUSIC SD
69-308 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
69-312 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
69-314 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
69-338 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
71-68 TVA (FR) SD
71-92 STAR! SD
71-313 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
71-336 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
71-339 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
72-171 DISCOVERY HEALTH SD
72-318 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
72-329 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
72-330 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
72-332 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
75-1 COGECO ON DEMAND SD
75-97 EPAC SD
75-184 EWTN SD
75-250 VIEWERS CHOICE PREVIEW SD
75-324 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
75-325 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
75-327 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
80-274 HDNET HD
80-289 DISCOVERY HD HD
82-3 GLOBAL SD
82-6 CBC NEWS SD
82-7 CITY TV SD
82-9 ABC NEWS SD
82-10 CH SD
82-11 CNBC 2 NEWS (WGRZ) SD
82-13 CTV SD
82-24 ?????????? SD
82-31 WNED SD
83-4 FOOD SD
83-8 SUN TV SD
83-22 COGECO SD
83-29 OMNI 2 SD
83-900 WEATHER NETWORK SD
83-903 TV COGECO SD
83-904 TV COGECO (2) SD
83-954 TV COGECO (3) SD
84-17 MUCH MORE MUSIC SD
84-36 FSC LIVE SD
84-59 TSN SD
85-12 RADIO-CANADA (FR) SD
85-25 A CHANNEL SD
85-26 RELIGIOUS ?? SD
85-28 CBC NEWSWORLD SD
85-60 CTV SD
85-66 TFO (FR) SD
86-2 TVO KIDS SD
86-55 CNBC WORLD (NO AUDIO) SD
86-56 EPAC LIVE SD
86-58 RELIGIOUS ?? SD
86-67 RDI (FR) SD
87-284 DETROIT PUBLIC TV HD (NO AUDIO) HD
90-89 COGECO SD
90-98 MY TV BUFFALO SD
90-118 CGTV SD
90-185 STL LIVE SD
90-186 RELIGIOUS ?? SD
99-303 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
99-306 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
99-311 MUSIC CHANNEL MUSIC
100-273 A&E HD HD

All DTV channels have Dolby Digital 2.0 sound except
HDNET which has Dolby Digital 5.1

1234Aquos4321 said:

I guess it's different in Milton than in Oakville....

It's just frustrating to scan through all the digital channels and not knowing what channel you are viewing...

Anyone have a complete channel list for straight COAX into the TV tuner for Oakville? Thanks in advance.

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1234Aquos4321,

I agree - it can be a pain since you don't have the option to label the DTV channels like you can for analog channels (at least not on the Samsung). That's why I decided to keep this as an Excel file in case I have to reprogram.
Also, I don't know about your Sharp, but the Samsung when you perform auto-scan it picks up about 500 channels, most of them are blank (probably the DCR tuner picks up the subcarrier signal, but the channel is encrypted) so you have to filter the channel list manually after the auto-scan and remove the blanks from memory, which can be a daunting task )

All in all it's not too bad, and while the SD channels are not as good as HD, some of them are significantly better than analog, probably due to different Mpeg-2 compression ratios. I'm definitely happy with the DCR/QAM option, which is rather rare from what I saw.

Rogers is coming to Milton, probably Oakville too, so it's a good thing, Cogeco's monopol is almost over )

Good luck with the channel list.

C.