Saturday, December 24, 2011

Any way I can use AT&T Uverse cable without a set top box?

I have a TV Tuner card in my PC but it doesn't pick up the signal. Don't have any room on my desk (nor want a bigger desk). Any way to make it work without a Set Top Box?|||Quote: "I have a TV Tuner card in my PC but it doesn't pick up the signal"





If you tried hooking up your PC tuner card to the gateway directly then no you wont get any signal, AT%26amp;T U-verse works in tandem with the gateway and room receivers, you need both parts to get your signal via the receiver.





I have both U-verse and a PC with a TV tuner card, AT%26amp;T U-Verse comes with a gateway and TV tuner/receiver box's, I can not see why you could not use it on your PC, Just hook up the U-Verse TV receiver to your PC Tuner card either by cable or composite hookups, the U-verse TV receiver box has many hook up options for TV sets and like most TV sets PC tuner cards in PCs usually have 75 ohm cable to composite or s-video hookups. If you use 75 ohm cable to hook it up just tune to channel 3 or 4 on the PC tuner to tune it in, if you use composite or S-Video then switch your PC tuner card to that source.





Have too add if your PC Tuner Card only tunes in digital TV then you are best to use the composite/S-Video connection method if your card supports those connections, this is also the best connection method for picture quality being better.





(Note- Use the U-verse receiver/tuner for your setup, this will Not work from the U-verse Gateway Box which is needed to feed the U-verse TV receivers and gives you INTERNET connection if applicable.) You will change your channels via the U-verse TV receiver anyways.|||U-verse is a sophisticated IP system that requires its own particular modem and distribution arrangement. It works great on its own equipment and not at all on anything else.





"Tuner card" and "set top box" are terms that apply to cable TV, not AT%26amp;T U-Verse.

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