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Tech Ping! Cannot Get HD on Fox on Time Warner Guests Coming! Help!
02.05.17 | chickensoup

Posted on 02/05/2017 8:59:52 AM PST by Chickensoup

I just checked my television to make sure the game will show well, it is a 70 inch sharp you folks helped me choose a while back.

I just discovered that I need some sort of cable digital box in order to watch Fox in digital.

I cannot get a cable box, TW is closed.

I found this place and it seems as though I can stream it into the TV but I cannot tell whether it is digital.

https://www.foxsportsgo.com/program/156815/super-bowl-li-patriots-vs-falcons

any help would be terrific. Or ideas.


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I just checked my television to make sure the game will show well, it is a 70 inch sharp you folks helped me choose a while back.

I just discovered that I need some sort of cable digital box in order to watch Fox in digital.

I cannot get a cable box, TW is closed.

I found this place and it seems as though I can stream it into the TV but I cannot tell whether it is digital.

https://www.foxsportsgo.com/program/156815/super-bowl-li-patriots-vs-falcons

any help would be terrific. Or ideas.

1 posted on 02/05/2017 8:59:52 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

Walmart for antenna ... local Fox station.


2 posted on 02/05/2017 9:02:20 AM PST by TexasGator
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I am not sure there is one, I will look.

I thought fox was cable only???


3 posted on 02/05/2017 9:03:15 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Chickensoup

Bumping for good luck. Hope you get the help you need. Maybe have such great food that even the test pattern will be exciting to watch for three hours? ;)


4 posted on 02/05/2017 9:04:01 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Chickensoup

Try unplugging EVERYTHING completely for a minute or two and then plug it back in. A reset like that is always the first thing to try.

I had a similar issue last night with Dish Network. Reset worked like a charm. If that doesn’t help, call TW.

Good luck.


5 posted on 02/05/2017 9:04:30 AM PST by moonhawk (My Basket of Deplorable is Irredeemably mired in the Swamp of Crazy.)
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To: Chickensoup

What kind of input goes into your TV from TW now to your SHARP? Is it just a RF coax input or an output from a TW box? How exactly did you determine that you need some kind of digital box to see the FOX HD broadcast?


6 posted on 02/05/2017 9:06:02 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Chickensoup

The 40/60 mile antennas pick up all kinds of stuff and in HD.

You could also call up and do a “RESET” of your cable box.

G/l.


7 posted on 02/05/2017 9:08:14 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Chickensoup

Don’t worry about it. The Super Bowl is nothing more than another political event anyway. Watch something worthwhile.


8 posted on 02/05/2017 9:08:19 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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Do you have a local FOX station that's carrying the game? Find that out and if so ...
... switch your TV's input source from Cable to Antenna and then switch channels to the FOX station.
9 posted on 02/05/2017 9:08:23 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Chickensoup

We were able to get the Fox.go through Roku. If you buy a digital antannae, buy the more powerful one.


10 posted on 02/05/2017 9:08:26 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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To: Gaffer

It is Coax I talked to the tech support at time warner. I get some digital but they changed things I guess so that in order to get more in digital one needs to rent or borrow a digital box. I thought since I get some in digital that was all they had in digital.

I never watch TW I watch Netflix.


11 posted on 02/05/2017 9:10:41 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: TigerClaws

I don’t have a cable box

There is a cable box in the TV of a sorts


12 posted on 02/05/2017 9:11:35 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: oh8eleven

but I don’t have an antenna?


13 posted on 02/05/2017 9:12:27 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: TexasGator

Yes WalMart sells a dandy for about 49. That is unless you got a Tunerless model. In that case you’ll need to get a tuner and an HD Antenna.


14 posted on 02/05/2017 9:12:53 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Chickensoup

Half time show lasts how long?

Folks should shut their sets off, bark for refreshments then turn them back on when the game resumes.


15 posted on 02/05/2017 9:12:55 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Chickensoup
There is a cable box in the TV of a sorts

Is that in the back there, with the tubes and stuff?

16 posted on 02/05/2017 9:13:13 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: oh8eleven

The local station is 30 miles away


17 posted on 02/05/2017 9:14:05 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Chickensoup

Don’t worry about the digitalness, analog is dead, the only way your TV is showing anything analog is if you’re watching a VHS. As for the box unless you’re in a Fox broadcast deadzone you don’t need a box, you probably need an antenna.


18 posted on 02/05/2017 9:14:50 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: Chickensoup

https://www.timewarnercable.com/en/enjoy/super-bowl.html


19 posted on 02/05/2017 9:16:07 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Chickensoup

Just get the 40/60 mile antenna. I pick up about 20 stations from it - some I’d never heard of - and in HD.

It’s also free and legal.

They cost about 20 bucks.


20 posted on 02/05/2017 9:17:22 AM PST by TigerClaws
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