Cable Box With Cablecard Slot

Hauppauge wintv dcr 2650 dual tuner digital cablecard receiver.

Cable box with cablecard slot.

With a cablecard you can skip the typical cable set top box but you lose some of its features such as video on demand and an onscreen cable guide. A cablecard is a smartcard with an embedded chip that can descramble premium channels. All you need is a cable card provided by your cable company which costs less than the standard cable box and remote rental. You rent a cablecard which plugs in to a cablecard slot on your hdtv from your cable service provider.

The smart media player not only makes your tv smarter but also seamlessly integrates your cable box into one box with one remote. View return policy 140 00. External tv tuner box others. Requires microsoft windows 7 with media center.

For some models the cablecard slot may be on the back the cablecard pairing screen appears automatically. The hdhomerun prime is a device that connects to the coaxial cable that enters your house from your cable company s drop box outside and also connects to your home s ethernet wiring. Us digital cable model. It comes with a slot for a cable card that unscrambles the encrypted channels.

Make sure that your tivo box is connected to your cable source e g a coax cable is connected from the wall to your tivo box. It works with most cable providers so no change is necessary and it can even save you money. You rent the cable card from your cable company for about 5 per month.