Coax to HDMI

BENCHMARKMAN · May 10, 2012, 05:25 AM

I want to get the Sony Blu Ray player with google TV but it only has HDMI input. I have comcast cable and I want to run that through the blu ray player but unfrotunatly my cable connection is through coax and a digital converter box that was provided by comcast. I've found online some very expensive devices ($150) that will convert coax to HDMI but they also include TV tuners, which I don't need. Is there an adapter or some kind of box that I could get to be able to make the connection?

Zero · May 10, 2012, 06:34 AM

Why can't both devices just plug into your tv?

caveman-jim · May 10, 2012, 08:24 AM

If you want to connect COAX TV feed to a HDMI input, you need a tuner. That's your digital convertor box. It gives the output you need - HDMI - to your TV already.

Are you out of HDMI inputs on your TV?

Eisberg · May 10, 2012, 03:19 PM

Yeah, unless you are willing to pay that $150, I would just upgrade to HD with Comcast.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 10, 2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by caveman-jim

If you want to connect COAX TV feed to a HDMI input, you need a tuner. That's your digital convertor box. It gives the output you need - HDMI - to your TV already.

Are you out of HDMI inputs on your TV?

No I'm not out of hdmi ports. I want to put the cable through the blu ray player so that I don't have to switch inputs when I went to watch cable or blu ray/Netflix.

Not sure why you say my converter box gives me hdmi? All my converter box has is 1 coax input and 1 coax output, no hdmi.

caveman-jim · May 10, 2012, 09:20 PM

Sorry, I thought you said that it was connected by HDMI, my bad.

DigitalDemon · May 11, 2012, 04:40 PM

Your best bet is to rent a HD receiver from Comcast and connect it to the Sony NSZ-GT1. You can also buy a receiver and rent a cable card.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 11, 2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

Your best bet is to rent a HD receiver from Comcast and connect it to the Sony NSZ-GT1. You can also buy a receiver and rent a cable card.

Unfortunately that would raise my monthly Comcast bill by around $50 because I would have to upgrade my plan and pay monthly rental fee

DigitalDemon · May 11, 2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BENCHMARKMAN

Unfortunately that would raise my monthly Comcast bill by around $50 because I would have to upgrade my plan and pay monthly rental fee

You can also buy a Tivo. About $150 new, or around $100 used. Tivo service and cable card rental will run about $20 a month.

How many channels are you currently receiving?

BENCHMARKMAN · May 11, 2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

You can also buy a Tivo. About $150 new, or around $100 used. Tivo service and cable card rental will run about $20 a month.

How many channels are you currently receiving?

But that's not what I want. I don't care abou dvr capability. I want tv/Netflix/espn3/Internet in same input. Thanks for the suggestion though. Btw I currently get roughly 70 decent channels, excluding all the foreign and music channels.

DigitalDemon · May 12, 2012, 03:51 PM

Actually now I am kinda scratching my head as to why you have a digital converter box in the first place. They are meant for customers who have old tvs. If you are looking for HDMI, your tv at least is certainly capable of using Comcast's regular cable box, which should have an HDMI output.

Digital->Analog->Digital is what seems to be going on here, but all you need is the correct cable box. Last time I checked a SD box is about $1 a month from Comcast.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 12, 2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

Actually now I am kinda scratching my head as to why you have a digital converter box in the first place. They are meant for customers who have old tvs. If you are looking for HDMI, your tv at least is certainly capable of using Comcast's regular cable box, which should have an HDMI output.

Digital->Analog->Digital is what seems to be going on here, but all you need is the correct cable box. Last time I checked a SD box is about $1 a month from Comcast.

I have to use the box Comcast sent because it decrypts the channels. If I plug the coax directly into the tv I don't get any channels. Comcast made that chanes about 9 months ago.

DigitalDemon · May 13, 2012, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BENCHMARKMAN

I have to use the box Comcast sent because it decrypts the channels. If I plug the coax directly into the tv I don't get any channels. Comcast made that chanes about 9 months ago.

I just checked with Comcast, they sent you the crappiest box they have. Now, as an SD subscriber, you are eligible to use one of these boxes they provide:

Motorola DCT700
Motorola DCT1800
Motorola DCT2000
Motorola DCT2500
Motorola DCH70
Motorola DCH100

Cost is about $0.80 a month. Now the bad part is, none of these boxes have an HDMI output. The best you can get is composite.

Now, with a composite signal, you can use an HDMI converter like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Composite-S-vi.../ref=pd_cp_e_0

FYI its gonna look like ****.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 13, 2012, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

I just checked with Comcast, they sent you the crappiest box they have. Now, as an SD subscriber, you are eligible to use one of these boxes they provide:

Motorola DCT700
Motorola DCT1800
Motorola DCT2000
Motorola DCT2500
Motorola DCH70
Motorola DCH100

Cost is about $0.80 a month. Now the bad part is, none of these boxes have an HDMI output. The best you can get is composite.

Now, with a composite signal, you can use an HDMI converter like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Composite-S-vi.../ref=pd_cp_e_0

FYI its gonna look like ****.

Yes tha is the rental cost of the modem but then they are going to change my monthly plan to about $40 more per month. Catch22

DigitalDemon · May 13, 2012, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BENCHMARKMAN

Yes tha is the rental cost of the modem but then they are going to change my monthly plan to about $40 more per month. Catch22

Are you on a 'grandfathered' or old rate? As I have the limited basic for $18 a month, and rent the DC2000 for $0.80.

Edit: you can buy a Motorola DCT700 on amazon for $50 or less. It has a composite out.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 14, 2012, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

Are you on a 'grandfathered' or old rate? As I have the limited basic for $18 a month, and rent the DC2000 for $0.80.

Edit: you can buy a Motorola DCT700 on amazon for $50 or less. It has a composite out.

I might check out Amazon but since it wasn't programmed by comcast would it be able to decrypt the channels?. No I don't have any grandfathered rate I have a triple play package and for some reason I pay less than the advertised rate. I called in and asked several times and my rate would jump from $77 a month to around $117 with taxes.

DigitalDemon · May 14, 2012, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BENCHMARKMAN

I might check out Amazon but since it wasn't programmed by comcast would it be able to decrypt the channels?. No I don't have any grandfathered rate I have a triple play package and for some reason I pay less than the advertised rate. I called in and asked several times and my rate would jump from $77 a month to around $117 with taxes.

It has to be activated by Comcast, in which speaking to my Comcast buddy says they won't activate it, even though the FCC allows people to own them, nice little loophole there.

$77 a month does seem like a old rate, as triple play now starts at $99. They probably won't give you an updated box unless you pay a higher rate.

Another thing you could do is get a HDHomeRun device, use Plex and the HDHomeRun plugin.

BENCHMARKMAN · May 14, 2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DigitalDemon

It has to be activated by Comcast, in which speaking to my Comcast buddy says they won't activate it, even though the FCC allows people to own them, nice little loophole there.

$77 a month does seem like a old rate, as triple play now starts at $99. They probably won't give you an updated box unless you pay a higher rate.

Another thing you could do is get a HDHomeRun device, use Plex and the HDHomeRun plugin.

Its not a grandfathered in price because I use to pay around $117 and then for some reason about 9 months ago they dropped me down to $77 with taxes. Not sure how or why that is my price but it still lists as triple play with all my services but the bill is just below what they advertise.

Zero · May 16, 2012, 02:28 PM

Why does it matter if you switch inputs?

Spyder · May 16, 2012, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero

Why does it matter if you switch inputs?

this.

plus maybe consider a Logitech Harmony? One button press and it switches everything necessary

BENCHMARKMAN · May 17, 2012, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Spyder

this.

plus maybe consider a Logitech Harmony? One button press and it switches everything necessary

Please read through the thread. If I have to switch inputs I won't be able to use the google tv functionality while I watch normal cable. That basically makes the google tv just another blu ray device which I already have.

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DigitalDemon Birth CTRL+Z Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,957	Actually now I am kinda scratching my head as to why you have a digital converter box in the first place. They are meant for customers who have old tvs. If you are looking for HDMI, your tv at least is certainly capable of using Comcast's regular cable box, which should have an HDMI output. Digital->Analog->Digital is what seems to be going on here, but all you need is the correct cable box. Last time I checked a SD box is about $1 a month from Comcast. __________________ I like beans

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