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Will any Digital Converter Box work in place of the Cox Mini Box?
I don't want to rent 3 Mini boxes from COX for the foreseeable future. That's $9 per month forever. So $108 for the first year alone. This is the exact reason that I moved away from Direct TV!! Will any digital converter box work on my TV's which are currently connected directly to the Coax Cable? I've asked the COX people several times and the all say the same thing "I am not sure" which to me sounds like "Yes, but I can't tell you that because we'll lose out on your $110/year". Wal-Mart sells the Ematic AT103B Digital Converter Box for only $32 and it has a built in DVR!! Can someone please help me to answer my question???
AllenP
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10 years ago
Short answer, no. Cox will be encrypting all channels once they go all digital in your market. The Ematic box may be able to receive the signals but can't decrypt them. The only things on the 3rd party market that will work are devices that require renting a cable card from Cox. It's pay me now or pay me later, sorry.
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Domino
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10 years ago
Any QAM cable box with a CableCard will work. The Ematic AT103B has no provisions for a CableCard, and thus will not decrypt Cox's encryption.
BTW, the Ematic AT103B has a couple of "DVR-like" functions, but it is NOT a DVR.
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