When is a Tuning Adapter required?
Is a Tuning Adapter (TA) required on all CableCARD ready devices (ie: TiVo, HDHomerun Prime, Centon), if you do not subscribe to channels outside of the Cox Advanced TV package (No HBO, Showtime, etc. and don't use OnDemand or other Pay-per-view)?
In other words, are any of the channels included in the Cox Advanced TV package (NBC, CNN, Discovery, etc.) broadcast via switched digital video (SDV) and require a TA to tell the Cox headend unit that you wish to watch "xyz", so it starts sending it down the cable?
Are you actually going to purchase a Retail CableCARD device? If so which one?
SDV varies from Market to Market. and Cox no longer lists a notation for SDV on the PDF Channel Listings, (Cox did several years ago)
Here in Phoenix, most every SD Essential channel is SDV, and many HD Essential channels are also.
A Cox Tech spokesperson has said that once a Market completes the All Digital transition, (No more Analogs), that all the Starter and Essential Channels will no longer be SDV.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30174514-But all the Paks above Essential will most likely be SDV.
- Bonus Pak
- Faith & Values Pak
- Variety Pak
- Movie Pak
- Sports & Info Pak
- Sports Pak 2
- All Premium channels except, HBO, HBO2, Showtime, and Starz
This is the list of Cox Phoenix Essential HD channels that use SDV
Cox7HD KTAZ - Telemundo HD Spike HD MTV HD FS1HD HLNHD AETVHDP TruTV HD Galavision HD SCCER Animal Planet HD TVLand P HD HSTRYHP MSNBC HD MoviePlex HD FXXPHD FBNHD Turner Classic Movies HD National Geographic P HD Fox Sports Arizona Plus HD TVGNHD (POPHDP) UDNHD FBNHD QVCHD