HD channels without HD box?

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Yes,I too have Comcast/Xfinity and you should be able to do this...That is if your TV supports some menus,my TV is 1 yo.
What I found was by connecting the cable on the TV,then go to your TV menu guide,then select the connectivity scroll down to auto channel and run it,it may take a while to run but this should find any possible channels available.
When it completes this cycle go back to the same menu and look for show/hide channels,this part will take a while to do you have to manually select each channel to hide, what I did was hide all of the none HD and allowed only the HD one's.

By doing the auto find I now have more channels than just the standard cable connection not to mention 3X more HD channels.


Here are the steps in order I hope it helps.

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I found this solution last year when I went camping,the Bruins were in the play off's and the games were not on local channelsSo when there is a will,there is a way to find what your looking for.

[fishsmith]

Thanks bass, 5/0 and JohnR. For christmas we got my son a 22" HD and he uses the $1.99 per mo. box, every time I look at the poor quality of the picture it bugs the sh** out of me. (me and the mrs. still have the 19" tube tv with a better picture) .

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Originally Posted by fishsmith

Thanks bass, 5/0 and JohnR. For christmas we got my son a 22" HD and he uses the $1.99 per mo. box, every time I look at the poor quality of the picture it bugs the sh** out of me. (me and the mrs. still have the 19" tube tv with a better picture) .

We have a similar deal like you,we gave our two kids the little boxes our son has a regular TV and get's the same ol same ol reception,our daughter has a HD flat I remember setting up her TV using it's own menu.Meaning you need to adjust the TV's screen settings.