New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
20-01-2012, 14:28
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
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Originally Posted by cooperman1955
But whats the point of paying for a third if there is already a functioning DVB-C tuner fitted?
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Without the VM Box the EPG won't work. This is linked to VM's channel numbering so the channels will be in a random order, and will continually change a VM shunt frequencies around, which they do regularly without customers ever noticeing. No red button services, text services or VOD as no return path.
You would be paying a small amount for all of this at another location, but would not want it to work.
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20-01-2012, 14:36
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
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Originally Posted by Lew
He works for VM and is knowledgable on such subjects so if he says that's the case I'd be inclined to believe what he says.
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Fair enough.
But nobody has tried it.
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20-01-2012, 16:09
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
Search through the forums and you'll find a few threads from people plugging in old vm or 3rd party boxes/TV's and wondering why they don't get any channels even though they have a subscription.
So yes it has been tried
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20-01-2012, 18:35
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
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Originally Posted by pauldavies83
Isn't the isolator on the outside of the house that the feed passes through supposed to stop noise lapsing back out onto the network?
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He is the Virgin Media Set Top Box Expert on here and if he says it can happen then it can, no ifs or buts. 
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20-01-2012, 20:01
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
The primary purpose of the isolator is to protect the connected equipment from power surges coming down the drop line, as explained in this old thread.
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08-02-2012, 21:26
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Re: New TV I'm looking at has built-in Cable tuner?
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Originally Posted by Lew
No, these TVs specifically have a DVB-C tuner. My Sony TV has a DVB-T2 tuner and a DVB-C tuner built in.
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my Sony is the same & my Phillips & Wharfedale TVs before them were aswel like
---------- Post added at 20:26 ---------- Previous post was at 20:23 ----------
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Originally Posted by cooperman1955
Has anyone actually tried tuning their DVB-C equiped telly into their VM feed?
I suspect that the unencripted channels might work!
It might save people having to shell out for an additional V-Box for, say the kitchen, kids room etc etc.
Many current Samsung TV's list DVB-C tuner in their spec.
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yeah works on mine as you said but i can only get the terrestrials. back in the analogue days i could also get BBC News, CNBC, Bloomberg, E4 & Trouble
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