Secret Free TV Signal Through Internet with NO Cable Subscription or Equipment

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    This requires you have an INTERNET subscription through your cable provider. You do NOT need a cable tv subscription to make this work. The cable provider still sends this secret tv HD signals for dozens of over-the-air local channels through the cable.
    If you use a splitter make sure you buy a splitter for DIGITAL signal.
    Use this method to get rid of your external antenna. You can run a cable straight out of the wall outlet to the back of the tv. Then run the auto program channel procedure and watch how many channels come up!
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  • @voxatlanta7666
    @voxatlanta7666  Před 3 lety +30

    Crypto tips are always appreciated if this helped you! See description

    • @damien7223
      @damien7223 Před 3 lety +3

      Crypte hack tv?

    • @mike91097
      @mike91097 Před 3 lety +7

      I have just tried this tip and all I got was one channel which was a commercial 😅 channel but rt if it's working for someone else it's an great tip 👍

  • @xNYCMarc
    @xNYCMarc Před 5 lety +14

    Most cable companies filter all frequencies above 50Mhz if you have Internet only service. Which means that you won't get any TV signal. Not even the "over the air" stations. A few cable companies don't bother to filter, but they usually advertise that as "Free basic cable with your Internet subscription".

  • @bobsmith544
    @bobsmith544 Před 2 lety +9

    I got about 25 channels through the cable to our house for years. Recently I moved and also got about the same number of channels, but recently, over a period of a few days, channels kept getting blocked until there were none coming through. I bought an over-the-air antenna, put it in my attic, and now get about 10 channels, with most coming from a tower farm about 60 miles away (but weather and other conditions make it spotty at times).

  • @arhinohotmail
    @arhinohotmail Před 5 lety +13

    This worked great for me but I live in a small town with a small town independent cable provider and they have not scrambled the signal. I do, however, get even more channels with my outdoor antenna. For some of you asking questions, this is only possible if you get your internet service from a cable company. It will not work if you get DSL or internet through your phone line.

  • @glbj67
    @glbj67 Před 6 lety +16

    It's not a secret signal. The RF signal includes the entire spectrum of service. (Data, Voice, Video). Some markets do not yet encrypt the signal. In those markets there are little things called filters. Your installer neglected to put a HSI (High Speed Internet) only filter at your tap. With that filter, the only RF you could get would be the frequency of the DOCSIS channels the internet is carried on

    • @delwilliams9174
      @delwilliams9174 Před rokem

      This was my down fall I had all services, canceled TV had only web, tecks never came out it was canceled at source later had line damage teck came out and rectified the job putting on a filter as I only have web

  • @KenWPeek
    @KenWPeek Před 5 lety +23

    In 2019, this no longer works in most places-- you need the cable box because the signals are scrambled. Just stick with the outside OTA antenna, and you'll be fine.

    • @Blackw0lff
      @Blackw0lff Před 5 lety +2

      By law, they're required to provide local channels for free. If they look scrambled to you, it's because there's a filter somewhere on the line. Simply remove it and you're good.

  • @mrslabean5297
    @mrslabean5297 Před 4 lety +14

    Worked for me. 146 channels and counting. Now this is real cord cutter stuff. Thank you

    • @jab4634
      @jab4634 Před 2 lety +2

      Cord cutter stuff 🤦🏿‍♂️ 😂😂😂

    • @davidhenderson7722
      @davidhenderson7722 Před 2 lety +1

      Won't it fry your tv 📺🤔

  • @djjoeyr
    @djjoeyr Před 5 lety +64

    Even when this was published, cable providers were encrypting their signals to prevent "basic" cable to be picked up by an ATSC tuner. Now it's just about impossible to find an unencrypted cable feed.
    It was great while it lasted!

    • @difteck
      @difteck Před 4 lety +3

      I was getting 150 a day hooking up hot cable as an installer back in the day

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY Před 4 lety

      Ruggiero AV Services QAM Tuner

    • @joshspicer2081
      @joshspicer2081 Před 4 lety +2

      I use Ustvgo.Tv. I use it with a fire stick but any browser should work.

    • @therajuncajun6487
      @therajuncajun6487 Před 4 lety +3

      I wish I would have read your post before pulling wires from here and there and wasting my time! I've reset the connections reset the power change wiring around and everything! A waste of time! Now I'm frustrated!

    • @darrendonovan7230
      @darrendonovan7230 Před 4 lety +1

      more than likely all computerized now you think they would give you the ota channels as an incentive to get basic for a trial period at least

  • @CBrolley
    @CBrolley Před 3 lety +13

    The picture from a good antenna is much clearer than any cable image. I never disconnected my antenna even after getting DirecTV. Your local channels will always look better through an antenna (assuming you live close enough to the TV transmitters in your area.) Also with an antenna your local channels will not be knocked out by weather problems (rain, snow or ice) like they will when using the satellite.

    • @debbielucas4009
      @debbielucas4009 Před 2 lety +1

      If you live close to a TV transmitter thanks to my neighbor's trees and poor reception through my local company a lot I don't get but they still want to charge me a lot of money

  • @mattle4013
    @mattle4013 Před 3 lety +48

    I was doing this as a boy 👦 I was about 10 years old. I ran it through my vhs videos player and it actually picked up quite a few channels. The best was the adult channels😂 learnt so much that the first girl thought I was a professional at it at 14🤣🤣🤣

    • @olafelsberry8475
      @olafelsberry8475 Před 2 lety +3

      I remember when I was 8 years old when I accidentally found out the Playboy channel when it was Sacramento Cable channel 69. My grandpa found out he had a blackbox.

    • @H3yItzChris
      @H3yItzChris Před 2 lety

      😂😂

    • @Forever-young29
      @Forever-young29 Před rokem

      Same here

    • @Forever-young29
      @Forever-young29 Před rokem

      @@olafelsberry8475 haha that happen to me

    • @Forever-young29
      @Forever-young29 Před rokem

      @@olafelsberry8475 you pay later they send you the bill and it say you watch it I try so many times and my step dad was mad this was when I was 12 I’m 30 now he’s 55

  • @stevejohnson1321
    @stevejohnson1321 Před 2 lety +6

    For most U.S. markets, this ceased to be true as of year 2015. All the major carriers now encrypt the signal. You may get one 480i channel -- explaining that a subscription and set-top box are now required.

  • @keithpetrino
    @keithpetrino Před 6 lety +9

    Yes, the FCC requires that cable companies not scramble OTA (over-the-air) channels in a particular market. You can only get OTA and local community channels like cable access, but no basic or premium cable channels. This is the law as of now, but since the FCC seems to be bought now, who knows how much longer this regulation will remain.

    • @barbaramay5048
      @barbaramay5048 Před 2 lety

      I have internet through my phone n use my hotspot for my Roku TV....But my neighbor..who is a stone throw away has cable n his sometimes comes in on my tv

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Před rokem

      Did you hear about how they ignore engineers who sent them a letter warning them about what what happens when they went to a weaker signal?

  • @bude8234
    @bude8234 Před 6 lety +6

    It totally depends on the cable company. Here in the Midwest, with Comcast, you will get a few channels but nothing of interest. Some are the channels they broadcast their advertising on. Comcast requires their box to decode the signal (it's encrypted), and without that box, you won't see nuttin' honey. Yes, I tried it, and I have a cable TV subscription with them.

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Před rokem +1

      Got Comcast for my internet and no cable.Just a antenna.

  • @pwndecaf
    @pwndecaf Před 6 lety +4

    I had cable for several years after I dropped it. One day, I hooked up the coax and it worked. Eventually, they either put on a filter or cut the line. I got satellite after that. Dropped that many years ago, too. Happy CZcams and Amazon Prime and Hulu user. Lots of free stuff out there. Pluto and a few others out there, especially if you have an Amazon or Roku type device.

    • @kevindumais9610
      @kevindumais9610 Před 2 lety

      I dropped cable to use Kodi and get everything for free.

    • @simplesandy
      @simplesandy Před 2 lety

      @@kevindumais9610 what is kodi?

  • @ThreePhaseHigh
    @ThreePhaseHigh Před 6 lety +14

    I tried this it works fairly well however I have an outdoor large over the air antenna it also has a rotor for pin point accuracy I I get upwards of 50 channels most in high definition picture is absolutely perfect.

  • @archielabb
    @archielabb Před 6 lety +4

    Cable companies have now added a cable box (mini) for OTA local cable channels. In other words, a cable box is needed even for basic / local channels. They are squeezing every penny out of subscribers because cable subscriptions have declined over the past several years.

    • @johnironification
      @johnironification Před 2 lety

      Your 100% correct,I cannot pull in basic tv anymore with just my internet hook up.

  • @bob5518
    @bob5518 Před 6 lety +5

    Use a TV antenna, you get the best picture there is, it's free and you're not stealing from anyone or using any backdoor tactics to watch TV.

    • @armandourso5602
      @armandourso5602 Před 3 lety

      This is not stealing lmao. They purposely broadcast a few free channels.

  • @bobwhammer4237
    @bobwhammer4237 Před 4 lety +5

    A TV/internet subscription with Verizon FIOS in northern NJ does allow an additional TV without a converter box to receive broadcast channels when scanned. If you just have a internet subscription, they'll block the TV signal.

  • @csking1973
    @csking1973 Před 7 lety +52

    This USED to work on our local cable system and I took advantage for several years. Last year, the company made some "upgrades" and it no longer works.

    • @jenkayoss8282
      @jenkayoss8282 Před 7 lety +1

      if my company did not make the upgrade... My question is do i need to use the split-er or can i scan with out it

    • @voxatlanta7666
      @voxatlanta7666  Před 7 lety +4

      +Jen KayOss you don't need a splitter unless you are also using the cable for your Internet service and one needs to run to your modem then

    • @hughalbee2636
      @hughalbee2636 Před 7 lety +5

      wrong hole

    • @ghostspirit52
      @ghostspirit52 Před 7 lety +4

      belly tripper Should work, but you will have to open your mouth to get SOUND.

    • @curtisbrown9704
      @curtisbrown9704 Před 6 lety

      Shane King hjjg

  • @AdamHoheisel
    @AdamHoheisel Před 4 lety +1

    This does exist in some places however.
    1. Not using a filter before your modem can cause lower internet speeds.
    2. The cable lines, switching, and routing technologies that run to household across the country take years to update for every city this means newer installations will not work as you are receiving digital channels on equipment that is unable to encrypt it.

  • @benniedonald
    @benniedonald Před 5 lety +5

    As I understand it this is legal. Some cable companies are starting to block the tv signals. I'm not sure that it is legal for them to block the basic HDTV signals. Since their bills include a tv tax. Even the bills that are so called flat rate include this tax. Please check the legalities on this if anyone finds anything written in stone let me know. Thanks

    • @thepostalteenager2206
      @thepostalteenager2206 Před 2 lety

      Dude nobody is gonna check your fucking house and nobody knows what are you doing as long it is a secret

  • @thabed007
    @thabed007 Před 4 lety +2

    when i first moved where i live now(an apartment) this used to work, but one time the cable company came for one of my neighbor, and we saw the guy installing something in the gray box outside, and since then all channels are just "snow"... so yeah, i don't know if it's the same everywhere, but here it's not scrambled from their end, but in the box you've got on your house!!

    • @jacobarias2567
      @jacobarias2567 Před 3 lety

      Remove the filter that they installed then all the channels will come back, or get a label printer buy a hollowed out filter thats bigger than your cable, switch out filter with hollowed one, put sticker over hollowed one to make it look like its still there, then enjoy the channels

  • @bestshootingbigingrimey6501

    The reason it might work is because it is basically a large antenna. You can pick up pbs in my area with just a coax. But hooking this up makes it 1000% more powerful.

    • @jesshadfield3566
      @jesshadfield3566 Před 3 lety

      Pretty much, the coax stretches for miles and acts as a super antenna with minor interference from the insulator

    • @robinheijblom2929
      @robinheijblom2929 Před 2 lety

      Nope. Picking up antenna signals with coax cables only works when they are not connected to anything and are cheap, old and bad quality. Proper modern coax cables and connectors does not act as an antenna. And if it acts as an antenna, it will either be a very bad one or have a bad connection. The whole design of a coax cable is to only receive the intended signals from the other side (in this case the cable provider) and reject any external interference (f.e. OTA signals). That's why you can't use normal wiring for cable TV because those in fact will act as an antenna.

  • @MRONETEN
    @MRONETEN Před 11 měsíci

    If you want to get the pay to view channels get a high frequency pass filter of the internet, install it on the co-ax in your external box and then do the splitter as instructed in this video then scan. It still works for me 9 years later

  • @Danielistheway1
    @Danielistheway1 Před 3 lety +2

    And right after the digital transition of 2009, in the apartment I moved in to, was cable ready (back in 2012). I had an old school tube TV (analog only) ran a cable (not antenna) scan, and boom I got a hand full of over the air channels straight from the cable company. I was extremely excited that I didn't have to use the converter box and antenna setup. Well unfortunately only lasted about a few months 🙁. They never disconnected us, but they did actually encrypted their signal (I researched it) But at least it did work and got to experience it after analog basic cable.

  • @dianab9806
    @dianab9806 Před 2 lety

    I've done this & it works with my smart tv & got over 100 channels, thanks for the hack !!

  • @josephatnip2398
    @josephatnip2398 Před 6 lety +32

    You can't do it with Charter they scramble everything unless you have a box now used to be able to do this years ago but it stopped sometime around 2013

  • @bradlwykfulbright
    @bradlwykfulbright Před 6 lety +1

    Yep, worked for me. No cable, but have internet. Now I have 138 channels on my tv!

  • @TheDanielTruong
    @TheDanielTruong Před 6 lety +5

    This used to work for me, but now they put a filter at the box on the street i no longer the local channels. I just got internet.

  • @roperv123
    @roperv123 Před 7 lety +17

    This worked before the cable provider went all digital.. Once they went digital the lower end (local) channels that were available disappeared as is the case with most cable providers.

    • @bombasticbuster9340
      @bombasticbuster9340 Před 6 lety

      True, that is what happened to me when Cox went all digital. I had this set up for a long time.

    • @nakyer
      @nakyer Před 5 lety

      *Roper Davis*
      You're wrong. When cable companies went all digital, all that meant was that the unscrambled channels could still be had...provided your TV had a digital tuner that could pick up unscrambled cable digital channels. He's using the DIGITAL tuner on his TV to get these. Didn't you pay attention?
      This can work, provided the cable company hasn't started scrambling EVERYTHING.

    • @glennschlorf1285
      @glennschlorf1285 Před 2 lety

      @@nakyer your wrong..... cant get anything here either

  • @Drpepper7916
    @Drpepper7916 Před 6 lety +16

    Very exited to watch RETIREMENT TALK with Sandy Morris

    • @thehand756
      @thehand756 Před 5 lety

      The day will come, my friend. The day will come.

    • @dicklongmire6836
      @dicklongmire6836 Před 5 lety

      She looks yummy with those sexy legs.

    • @Mrmeoggy
      @Mrmeoggy Před 2 lety

      @@dicklongmire6836 Ur weird...

  • @williamchow1624
    @williamchow1624 Před 7 lety +19

    Does not work because the signal is scrambled. They have been scrambling the signal for years. I am surprised if it works.

    • @stevenliberadzki9160
      @stevenliberadzki9160 Před 4 lety

      It is not scrambled, they changed the way it comes threw. No longer using voltage and filters.

  • @coolnegative
    @coolnegative Před 6 lety +15

    This doesn't always work. Some companies scramble all channels and has to be ran through their set top box to decode even OTA channels.

    • @Ron2600_
      @Ron2600_ Před rokem +1

      Frontier is like this.

    • @shastastan1935
      @shastastan1935 Před rokem

      I have internet (300 mps) but not their tv service. I don't have "cable" but subscribe to a few streaming networks such as paramount plus, prime, disney, and hulu. For the local channels, I bought a flat plastic type antenna and hooked it up via coax cable to the tv antenna outlet on the tv. I get cbs, abc and pbs, but not nbc 75 mi away. I may hook up and outside antenna because we had a wildfire destroy the old one. I live in a hilly fringe reception area.

  • @batsonelectronics
    @batsonelectronics Před 2 lety +2

    this might work on older Analog based systems but not on the Cable where I live in SC. It is an all digital signal and needs to be decoded by the cable box to work. I think Cable companies did this to help stop the stealing of premium channels as those older Analog boxes were easy to hack to get all the channels. They used to put filters on the pole to block the frequencies of the pay channels but it was a pain to add/ drop pay channels as it required them to come to the pole and remove the filter. With all digital signal, they can turn on/off channels at the box without leaving the office. It works just like a sat tv does.

    • @robinheijblom2929
      @robinheijblom2929 Před 2 lety

      Not necessarily. It will work on any active cable feed that has FTA (Free To Air) channels and no filters installed.

  • @jerryjerry2561
    @jerryjerry2561 Před 6 lety +6

    Try after 4/24/18. Spectrum is going all digital then. You'll need digital box to get anything after that date.

  • @douglasbaer3780
    @douglasbaer3780 Před 6 lety +1

    Three of the 5 major network channels work digitally. Fox and NBC are not digital. Thanks for the video.

  • @Will_Wel
    @Will_Wel Před 5 lety +76

    Even the broadcast channels are scrambled now. This hasn't worked in my area for years.

    • @markteague8889
      @markteague8889 Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah! Comcast encrypted the public channels back when they started their Xfinity marketing / branding. But ... hey ... CZcams TV in conjunction with a local power companies FTTH is a good way to get the Comcast / Charter IV removed from your financial bloodstream.

    • @johnsmith6586
      @johnsmith6586 Před 4 lety +3

      wrong. TV is free. It's been free since since the 1940s. All you need is a decent outside antenna. Or rabbit ears if you are less than 20 miles out. A paper clip will only pick up a few miles from the tower. Only analog TV was shut down. All new sets pick up digital. Old analog sets need a converter box. Just hook up the antenna and hit the scan in the menu.
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    • @sidewinder3434
      @sidewinder3434 Před 3 lety +1

      @@markteague8889 Confirmed .It does not work with Comcast

    • @Kara_Kay_Eschel
      @Kara_Kay_Eschel Před 3 lety

      Had xfinity and tried this, all I got was ads for their box for the local channels.

    • @Justin-Hill-1987
      @Justin-Hill-1987 Před 3 lety +1

      @@johnsmith6586 You're right! I can't believe how many people get that wrong! If people want better information about the do's and don'ts about broadcast TV, they should watch the Antenna Man's CZcams channel.

  • @faheemthedream2007
    @faheemthedream2007 Před 5 lety +2

    Woot! It worked. I also got ALL the paid channels to. OH MY. THANKS!!!

  • @Liberty309
    @Liberty309 Před 6 lety +21

    Step 1: Have Direct Tv install a dish on the roof and run a line to each tv. Step 2: Cancel Direct Tv service. Step 3: Go buy Clear Stream 4 antenna. Step 4: disconnect dish and hook up antenna where dish was. Step 5: Enjoy free crystal clear tv :-)

    • @RoyRodriquez
      @RoyRodriquez Před 5 lety

      YOUR the best but not cus all I get is fucking gay porn..... Well my women for some resone likes it...

  • @radioxdeath
    @radioxdeath Před 2 lety +1

    Still working in late 2021 in Texas. I get locals and TNT, TBS, FX, ESPN, Foxnews, Etc.

  • @joseperez2668
    @joseperez2668 Před 4 lety +3

    Cable,internet and parking.
    Should be free!

  • @coppertopvon
    @coppertopvon Před 7 lety +48

    I think I'll just stick with a $5 antenna .. Cuz out here when you turn off the cable they cut the cord literally

    • @SaltyDawg154
      @SaltyDawg154 Před 5 lety +2

      That’s why he said if you have an internet subscription. And they usually don’t cut the cord they just either disconnect it at the nearest junction box or put a filter on it at the Jbox.

    • @davidkeller9141
      @davidkeller9141 Před 4 lety

      Go get the tools and put the cord back together they sell everything you need to do it..

  • @misterkrad
    @misterkrad Před 4 lety +23

    FCC gave special permission to comcast to encrypt every single channel. You need to at least rent a cable card to watch over the air

    • @robinheijblom2929
      @robinheijblom2929 Před 2 lety

      Does this even apply for PBS and other supposedly free TV stations?

  • @curtisghall
    @curtisghall Před 7 lety +32

    this only happens when the cable technicians forget to put a filter on your line so you wouldn't watch tv without paying for it

    • @odinsmojo
      @odinsmojo Před 4 lety +4

      They don't use filters to block stuff anymore, most companies stopped that years ago.

    • @jamesb1221222
      @jamesb1221222 Před 3 lety +2

      When you used to be able to slip the cable guy 20 bucks to leave the filter off after you cancel cable.

    • @DokuFREENET
      @DokuFREENET Před 3 lety +1

      They can just scramble all channels, that obviously only subscribers get, so you need a ci+ module to watch them

  • @cyndigutowski4263
    @cyndigutowski4263 Před 7 lety +4

    If you have cable internet, use the splitter just like you did and you will get all basic cable channels.

  • @me_TJ_MrB
    @me_TJ_MrB Před 7 lety +1

    My cable company requires that you subscribe to basic cable to obtain Internet service specifically for this reason. Because our town has a monopoly on Internet service AND cable and electric service, they get away with charging $29.00 per month basic cable (11 awful channels) and then another $38.99 per month for 300 GB internet service.

  • @OsvaldoG521
    @OsvaldoG521 Před 4 lety +7

    I used to do this in 2010-2012. I would sometimes get channels like Discovery, Nick and ESPN for a little while.

  • @MrCougar214
    @MrCougar214 Před 6 lety +2

    There are, or should I say were, two things going on here. 1, you could connect your internet line to your T.V and get all the channels between 1-30ish within the cable signals. Companies got wise to this and changed their frequencies so you could no longer tap into that signal. However, you COULD use that line as a OTA T.V antenna to grab the OTA signals. With all the greed running ramped through cable companies, they further encrypted their signals to wash out even this possibility. So now you are left with a line that gives you nothing but static, or a blank screen. Cable companies are so greedy today, they want you buying even your free OTA channels from them. The older generation will know what I'm saying here, Haven't you noticed before cable rose to the top of the media heap OTA T.V signals were great and you could pull in every channel with a damn metal coat hanger and after cable took over T.V not even the best antennas will pull in every channel and they are lower to shitty quality?

  • @jimtrue1465
    @jimtrue1465 Před 6 lety +4

    Most cable providers now scramble even the over-the-air channels which can only be decoded legally using their cable box. This will not work for most people.

    • @paultidwell8799
      @paultidwell8799 Před 3 lety

      Lol little do they know that we just use broadcasthenet...

  • @FrankGreenway
    @FrankGreenway Před 7 lety

    last year we lost all internet and cable TV after hurricane Matthew in Georgia. a friend who works for my cable TV and Internet company told this trick and it worked for local channels. put a old cable out TV cable in screw point, and run other end up my wall. I had to cut connector off other end and peal back coating to expose bare cable. but I was able to watch local news and updates from hurricane Matthew.

  • @jasonweiss2773
    @jasonweiss2773 Před 7 lety +113

    You do realize that the cable provider is required by federal law to send that signal through the line don't you? Basic ota channels are under fed regs. You pay for it via taxes whether you use it or not.

    • @noelredillo8499
      @noelredillo8499 Před 7 lety +5

      Jason Weiss g xhamster.

    • @hitdog042
      @hitdog042 Před 6 lety +7

      That's not true anymore. FCC now alows then to be blocked.

    • @ben44xxx
      @ben44xxx Před 6 lety +2

      Only Channel your going to get are your local channel to do come on man nobody that's stupid

    • @dnaclrk
      @dnaclrk Před 6 lety +4

      This is true. If video services are not active and you have HDTV's in the home that has a QAM tuner, in which most newer models do you are able to access the Broadcast tv services. And you do not need to have a provider service of any kind in the home to do so, unfortunately you will only be able to receive a few broadcast channels, depending on what the Cable provider considers Basic TV. If you have cable internet service in your home and you connect your cable wire to the TV and receive the additional Broadcast Basic channels then your line is not blocked at the tap, a filter should be placed on, now you are considered steeling services. (This is not a secret!)

    • @alexmcdowell8868
      @alexmcdowell8868 Před 6 lety +3

      Jason Weiss Comcast don't

  • @yoshibros1111
    @yoshibros1111 Před 2 lety +1

    You are receiving "unencrypted" cable, meaning you don't need a cable box. Since you don't have any subscription you won't get any subscription channels like the person said.

  • @corryowens1646
    @corryowens1646 Před 7 lety +46

    i work for spectrum cable and this will work if the installer who hooked up your internet did not place a filter on the line, some do, some don't. If the filter is on the line you will get nothing, if you have comcast you will get nothing. Spectrum will encrypt their signal soon and then you will lose those channels

    • @voxatlanta7666
      @voxatlanta7666  Před 7 lety +3

      +Corry Owens that stinks. Well back to antenna at that point!

    • @bbishop7791
      @bbishop7791 Před 7 lety +3

      arent there laws that say the cable companies cant encrypt ota channels... ive been experimenting with different things bought a 50$ antenna at walmart and its called the mohu leaf gets the same channels as a homemade tin foil and cardboard antenna but since its signal is amplified a little the channels are more stable

    • @lusciouz14
      @lusciouz14 Před 7 lety +2

      Vox Atlanta Would this work with OPTIMUM cable provider?

    • @gavinwhite1606
      @gavinwhite1606 Před 7 lety +1

      Corry Owens I will have to try this

    • @corryowens1646
      @corryowens1646 Před 7 lety

      cable companies can encrypt their cable signal, which is not over the air. Comcast encrypted their signal in 2010 which meant nobody can steal it. ota is never encrypted and is free with an antenna

  • @lenzielenski3276
    @lenzielenski3276 Před 7 lety +1

    Is there anyone who's had cable at any time that did not know this? Most EVERYONE knows this. Same holds true if you turn in your "box" (most of the time) the free broadcast channels still run over the wire. More expensive to dispatch someone to cap or put a filter on the line than to just let it run. Big deal, you get the same with an antenna (probably better, actually).

  • @danhendrickson9572
    @danhendrickson9572 Před 5 lety +3

    Thanks so much for this video. I live in an area where i'm unable to receive over the air channels with an antenna. I will definitely try this. Thanks again.

  • @bigredracer7848
    @bigredracer7848 Před 6 lety +1

    You can't get those movie channels is stuck by changing the whole almonds and which will change to a different frequency so that's why you would actually need a ohmmeter to find out which channels come across at what frequency play around you can get all the channels if you saw choose to

  • @flhusa1
    @flhusa1 Před 6 lety +7

    this will not work with modern digital cable systems. you are on a old system that has not been upgraded to digital. enjoy it why you can.

    • @tonyperez8683
      @tonyperez8683 Před 4 lety +1

      it's probably digital, just not encrypted.

  • @stuartverner9700
    @stuartverner9700 Před 3 lety +1

    Can’t like this enough, I have been looking for something like this for 2.5 weeks thank you lol

  • @sandresstudios
    @sandresstudios Před 7 lety +89

    Sounds more like you're using the cable wiring throughout the house as an antenna.

    • @lancebaker1374
      @lancebaker1374 Před 6 lety +6

      @sandy, Wrong. He simply has an unfiltered line. If the line has a filter installed at the outside connection point, this method won't receive any channels.

    • @nakyer
      @nakyer Před 5 lety +2

      *sandresstudios*
      Only to someone who's uninformed. Those cables are shielded. Little if any over-the-air signal would get thru to them.
      This is valid. The unscrambled channels (if any) are on the raw cable feed.

    • @Trevor-Simmons
      @Trevor-Simmons Před 5 lety

      He is but there is an easier way to do this just buy a high end tv antenna/aerial and just plug into your TV's aerial port and retune your tv and your done.
      You can buy them for around £80 uk so about $67 us and they do this just as well as his way but easier.

    • @johnf9127
      @johnf9127 Před 4 lety +4

      No the signal is actually sent from the cable company. Problem is nowadays the cable companies put on inline signal blockers

    • @stevenliberadzki9160
      @stevenliberadzki9160 Před 4 lety +1

      That is correct. A box is needed for local channels threw your internet provider. You will however get 2 channels which are most likely going to be movie preview channels.

  • @smithderf
    @smithderf Před 6 lety +1

    This used to work but no longer does in my situation. There is a easy solution though. Since over the air TV moved from analog to digital they also moved frequencies. Channels 2 through 6 moved from their lower frequencies to much higher frequencies. They are now virtual channels. Typically they are located in the UHF band. I am mentioning this because with the use of higher frequencies you no longer need the large cumbersome antennas of the past. The new wavelengths are much smaller. All that is needed to get 30,50,or even 80 mile radius reception is a much smaller less gaudy antenna. Cutting the cable with an antenna is cheap and easy nowadays.

  • @nameremoved4010
    @nameremoved4010 Před 6 lety +2

    I tend to believe this doesn't work anymore. I've heard in the past, that with the right non-standard gear it was possible to capture cable signals when they were transmitted for the use of the cable company. I'd suspect one modern internet line could or has replaced this aspect of the cable providers 'grid'.
    I may put the old mast back up when I reroof the house, with an antenna for broadcast TV. The thing is I often just don't have the time for TV. Frankly, it effect on me has worn thin. TV is pretty boring for the most part. It has been of recent years it has just a challenge to overcome (getting the newer digital signals at the fringe) and not a goal worth reaching.

    • @CBrolley
      @CBrolley Před 3 lety +2

      The older I get the more I realize that television is basically a waste of what little time I may have left.

  • @RetroFan
    @RetroFan Před 6 lety

    I don't have cable or satellite tv, and only had it briefly in 1998. However using a regular antenna, I pick up close to 60 channels. I get to watch movies, old t.v programs, music, and thanks ot having a roku tv there's plenty of channels I can install to watch anything I want without paying a dime.

  • @howardhagadorn9443
    @howardhagadorn9443 Před 5 lety +5

    I disconnected from Comcast tv service, but kept my internet. I tried this, but didn't work. But not have ESPN and Fox News is a blessing

  • @jhrvta
    @jhrvta Před 4 lety +2

    Not only do they digitally scramble everything these days, but most cable systems will install a trap at the tap to filter out the frequencies used for video.

  • @edwill62
    @edwill62 Před 6 lety +2

    it is geographically sensitive...depending on where you live, there is limited ar wave channels in certain areas...you can do the same by simply placing a simple WIRE to the back of your TV and hang it up and get the same thing ( acts as an antenna ) nothing new here...only issue is many locations only get PBS for example ( like here) others may get a few more some less and some Nothing at all.....and cable companies are scrambling signals, so most require a cable box to get anything from their cable lines now.....

  • @-AnyWho
    @-AnyWho Před 7 lety +2

    this entirely depends on your situation, in my case (spectrum) the day they said the channels would end, they were and thats that, im guessing cuz i have internet, they have me filtered ...

  • @samuelsmith8395
    @samuelsmith8395 Před 6 lety +13

    5000 channels and nothing on. I'll stream my anime thanks.

  • @andrewkeoug185
    @andrewkeoug185 Před 6 lety

    It definitely works without wifi or cable...what you do is...change the spliter around and basically use the vable line thats coming in for your tv and reverse it and use it as a antena ..it just takes a few minuets but in june they will be scramble it out without a box..but yes you are %100 right it works...

    • @johnj9267
      @johnj9267 Před 6 lety

      @Andrew...what do you mean reverse it?

  • @Palosrob
    @Palosrob Před 7 lety +14

    More and more cable companies are getting wise to this. Now in Northern Illinois and Southwest Michigan, you just get a video about how to sign up for cable tv, when you connect your internet coax to your tv. At lest that's true for Comcast.

    • @sonblizz
      @sonblizz Před 7 lety

      yeah because they have filters blocking the cable signal thats the new thing now. it won't work at this time.

    • @robertvirginiabeach
      @robertvirginiabeach Před 7 lety +8

      SOME cable companies don't need to install those filters. They are allowed to encrypt all the channels, EVEN THE LOCAL BROADCASTERS. TV subscribers have to rent converter boxes to receive ANYTHING and the cable company can disable those boxes from the comfort of their offices.

    • @UGotHookah
      @UGotHookah Před 7 lety +2

      robertvirginiabeach yeah I doubt they're going to be able to encrypt local broadcast channels unless they have a deal with the local broadcast channel companies that provide the TV. Channels

    • @johndangel614
      @johndangel614 Před 6 lety

      Palosrob .MaKaElectric Rebuttal Channel ..

    • @jacindaclegg5850
      @jacindaclegg5850 Před 6 lety

      j

  • @Test-Pilot1194
    @Test-Pilot1194 Před 5 lety +2

    This is called freesat in the uk. Once your done with a sky subscription, just go plug one of the two dish cables direct into your tv. Plenty of full gd channels there. Lots of people don’t know this because they are too hooked on there overpriced shitty subscriptions.

  • @roccogant4057
    @roccogant4057 Před 3 lety +6

    nothing in this entire UNIVERSE is free.......NOTHING....

  • @hempopotamusloudspeakershe9793

    If I understand correctly, you are basically plugging into the coaxial cable that is in your wall, and you use that length of wire to pick up the over-air signals...

  • @troyfmradio66
    @troyfmradio66 Před 6 lety +6

    worked for me on virgin media uk, most channels are scrambled but the odd SD and HD channel coming through
    using the sony bravia android

  • @chriscoombs8229
    @chriscoombs8229 Před 6 lety +2

    I don't think that's exactly what the cable company has in mind, lol. All cable information (TV, net, FM broadcast, etc. ) is sent out over one cable. It's just a matter of demodulating the signal(s) you want. If you just subscribe to internet, the cable company will usually put a band pass in line to filter out everything except the net freq. Band pass is easy to defeat but not considered exactly lawful. But, you're already paying something for the internet service, just consider it a bonus. They would rather make something rather than nothing. You're only going to be able to receive basic non-encrypted cable anyway without a converter box. No movie or other premium channels. Plus this is on a coaxial system only, fiber is a different story altogether. Now, if he could show us how to demodulate premium signals, now that would be worth something.

  • @peterefazzino822
    @peterefazzino822 Před 7 lety +30

    tried this and it did not work.

    • @archielabb
      @archielabb Před 6 lety

      Peter E Fazzino because they require you to have a box (mini) box for local channels.

    • @devondickey9222
      @devondickey9222 Před 6 lety

      Peter E Fazzino More than likely the guy that made this video doesn't have an internet trap. If you have internet only the installer is required to install a trap which blocks everything but internet. Now you can remove the trap and you'll be able to get 60+ channels, technically that would be steeling cable though. And that's not what I'm telling you to do. But what you do is totally your call

    • @EASguy114
      @EASguy114 Před 5 lety

      It depends on your cable system. I have not tried it either, but I do have some experience with those systems (Coax based systems) if you're using Xfinity X1, there's no chance of this working, as it's an encrypted, more advanced signal. Using the older AT&T U-verse (2009 - 2014) then you have a good chance of being able to pull such events off. Another thing that popped into my mind, which may or may not be true, I do not know, is that an independent internet signal is less encrypted for the modems sake to decode it. But coming with that lasts encryption, but TV system is able to decode those signals into regular TV. So all in all, it depends on your entire plan and/or your broadcast station or cable system.

    • @nancymc5546
      @nancymc5546 Před 5 lety

      because the cable company scrambles even the OTA channels now

  • @S.McDougall
    @S.McDougall Před 6 lety +1

    you just are using the cable line as a antenna. most likely over the air signals being picked up... using a basic HD tv antenna will do the same thing.

  • @richardfay8298
    @richardfay8298 Před 7 lety +235

    The question is, who wants to watch TV ? it's commercials and crap - I haven't watched it in 25 years.

    • @randyayo2846
      @randyayo2846 Před 6 lety +28

      Richard Fay Fucking liar...then why check out this vid? Dumbass

    • @johnmoore7232
      @johnmoore7232 Před 6 lety

      Richard Fay oeeir f idol your house

    • @lancebaker1374
      @lancebaker1374 Před 6 lety +12

      @Richard, are you daft? Millions of people watch TV daily. You probably shout "Who wants to eat pizza?" while millions of people call for home delivery daily.

    • @jrmaphia6552
      @jrmaphia6552 Před 6 lety +7

      Richard Fay damn how old are you? Lol

    • @dianerichard5617
      @dianerichard5617 Před 6 lety +1

      Richard Fay i

  • @royalladyt.5778
    @royalladyt.5778 Před 4 měsíci

    Technology has changed so much within the seven years. I have a splinter again and only one cord. New boxes have phone cords lines attached.

  • @duramarks
    @duramarks Před 6 lety +3

    I had these channels until this week. They all stopped coming in. Now I have none.

  • @royalladyt.5778
    @royalladyt.5778 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Hello, this appears to be very neat but I only have one cord from the box to the wall.

  • @musicfan6575
    @musicfan6575 Před 4 lety +3

    Good Stuff! Many thanks from Clearwater Florida!

  • @williambien
    @williambien Před 5 lety

    That signal is OTA broadcast. The coax cable is acting as an antenna. You can get local channels without having cable Internet if something is acting as an antenna, plugged into the back of tv.

  • @eddiegerena6600
    @eddiegerena6600 Před 5 lety +3

    When i Did auto Scan it picked up a bunch of channels on the scan but when I try to watch TV it's says scramble channels or weak signal unfortunately.

  • @reinamacaren-a4132
    @reinamacaren-a4132 Před 3 lety

    Nice. Also if you have a roku tv, you get 100s of channels with internet. No internet? Use your cellphone as a hotspot. 100s of channels
    New sub😘

  • @PRICELESSCHANNEL
    @PRICELESSCHANNEL Před 7 lety +15

    great video bro

  • @limpdickit
    @limpdickit Před 6 lety

    i suggest if you move into a house or apartment that is wired for cable, before you ever call the cable company to turn it on go ahead and hook it up and see if it works. a lot of cable companies are way behind on thier disconnects. i used to work for a cable company and after i quit a buddy of mine told me that he had never payed for cable, but has gotten it free in 3 different houses over a period of 25 years......FREE CABLE FOR 25 YEARS!!!

  • @goldencastlescrystalstream2299

    its just regular tv not cable

    • @youngloud-topic4729
      @youngloud-topic4729 Před 6 lety

      Golden Castles & Crystal Streams regular tv is lame asf

    • @bob-a-louannamaria7960
      @bob-a-louannamaria7960 Před 5 lety

      Golden Castles & Crystal Streams no moron this is cable. It’s the basic analog channels.

    • @bob-a-louannamaria7960
      @bob-a-louannamaria7960 Před 5 lety

      I can’t believe everyone doesn’t already know this. The same fucking coaxial cable is used for both, unless it’s fiber optic.
      But because fuckwads like this are on CZcams telling people, now all the cable companies are switching to full digital and this isn’t possible

    • @nakyer
      @nakyer Před 5 lety

      *Golden Castles & Crystal Streams*
      You're uninforned. It IS cable, but which channels are unscrambled varies from one cable company to another. In this case, it seems the over-the-air channels aren't scrambled, which was required by law...up to a while ago. (The FCC now lets cable companies scramble anything they like.)

  • @RonFella
    @RonFella Před 6 lety

    Unbelievable that people need a video for this...

  • @sciatl2505
    @sciatl2505 Před 7 lety +3

    Don't work with Comcast or Cox but does work with Optimum in NJ

  • @fattony9227
    @fattony9227 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm sure the cable company will find out that you are connected to their network without subscription. You will be receiving a friendly reminder that you do'nt have a subscription.

  • @brpadington
    @brpadington Před 6 lety +5

    This worked for me until recently. I had several channels but they are now gone.

  • @ricksiddiqui8354
    @ricksiddiqui8354 Před 4 lety

    Unencrypted QAM...many cable providers have now scrambled EVERYTHING. This method was working back in 2012 in california and up thru 2014 in Denver, Colorado.
    Just buy an antenna.

  • @mohamhead9701
    @mohamhead9701 Před 5 lety +7

    TV is so stupid now they should be paying us to watch it

  • @sundi712
    @sundi712 Před 7 lety +2

    You must have a small cable provider. Major cable providers have removed this a long time ago

  • @MsNailgun
    @MsNailgun Před 7 lety +13

    OMG Scanning. So far I have 6 channels. Thanks!!!!!!!!

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      @voxatlanta7666  Před 3 lety

      Crypto tips are always appreciated if this helped you! See description

  • @elixeroflife
    @elixeroflife Před 6 lety

    most cable/web providers put a notch filter on your connection if you pay for internet but not tv. it blocks the tv frequencies but not your internet. my provider goes one further and encrypts the tv signals so you cant remove the filter from your line and the signal can only be decrypted if you pay for a special box

  • @newriverdiggers5821
    @newriverdiggers5821 Před 5 lety +36

    I connected my tv to a log splitter... All i got was some fire wood.

    • @ezrabrooks7785
      @ezrabrooks7785 Před 5 lety

      Haven't seen a wooden console in 50 years.

    • @tander101
      @tander101 Před 5 lety

      My fuckin' house just burned down when I plugged in my Amazon Fire Stick :'(

    • @BLACKROSEMF
      @BLACKROSEMF Před 4 lety

      LOL

    • @devinrenshaw9083
      @devinrenshaw9083 Před 4 lety

      If you still have internet through your cable provider your not a cord cutter lol

    • @missm3583
      @missm3583 Před 4 lety

      Lol

  • @mickelodiansurname9578

    Not only does it work without internet it also works practically worldwide. There are 'some' countries where it doesn't work but not a lot. This signal has been available to me since we cut the cord back in 2007 or 2008. I live in Ireland so its all the Irish free to air channels plus BBC. I never use it since almost all TV channels worldwide also have tons of steam files freely published online. If you know what to look for every channel has hundreds of different streams, all HD and all free.
    But, your ISP will of course desperately try to stop you from using them.
    Its not unethical, immoral, illegal or wrong to simply take those freely available steams and pipe them through your router to a screen. Some people seem to think that if you aren't paying for it then it must be wrong somehow. But the internet company don't own the TV channels either, they are put out there by the channels and they will all hapily charge for free to air channels let alone the subscription ones.
    So my setup is an SBC attached to my router that scours the internet daily for these streams. It then Classifies, tests and lists them and also creates and EPG, then it makes that list available to every screen inside the network...our phones, tablets, computers, and TV's. So last count that was around 4k TV channels worldwide.... but I usually only watch the UK ones and maybe the US syfy ones. I'm not into sport channels. It wont work on Hulu, Netflix or the other streaming only app services. But there are other ways to get them. To make sure the ISP doesn't just block the streams working (since they sell TV streams) well that same router dongle has a VPN that I built that's hosted here in the house and copied in the cloud. I wont buy a VPN since all the VPN companies, without exception, just sell on your data profile to the highest bidder. Since I built and own my own that won't happen. So they know I'm downloading 2 terabytes a month...but they don't and can't know what those 2 terabytes of data consists of. We also have a few other home automation things and online services that a VPN is a good idea to hide behind to avoid snoopers and hackers, plus to make online and cloud storage useful I have a static IP...so I can host my own online services directly from the house or in my case feed them to a system I set up for my mother in law.
    But these old terrestrial channels are there for all, its just that who would bother? Remember the stone age did not end due to a worldwide shortage of stones! Well the stone age ended for me more than a decade ago.
    The problem though is that most people don't know how to set things like this up and just fall for the snake oil patter of companies with their hand out.
    So in ten years I have spent precisely zero Euro on TV subscription, netflix, amazon TV, hulu and cable channels. Nothing , Nada , zip! I don't like giving money to people for no reason.
    Now I watch TV a bit but my daughter simply doesn't, neither do her friends. But the vast majority of my viewing and reading habits aren't TV or MSM at all.
    So by my estimates mainstream TV, newspapers and corporate level propaganda will just end completely by 2030. It'll be history. It might be a service still available to retirement homes.

  • @Larant88
    @Larant88 Před 7 lety +29

    It worked for me, thanks!

  • @scottyandersonsr5213
    @scottyandersonsr5213 Před 6 lety +1

    Sorry, but this will NOT work in Southwest Florida. Xfinity changed the signal so that you MUST use their service boxes. The removal of the filter will do nothing but remove the filter. If you are lucky enough to have this work in your area, be thankful because this will not last. They have the capabilities to scramble the digital signal, and without the decryption key you are boned.

    • @scottyandersonsr5213
      @scottyandersonsr5213 Před 6 lety

      Kind of odd how youtube loads and sends random videos when watching. Landed on this out of the blue. Kind of interesting, and would have been really cool if it actually did work around here. I have a friend that works as a contractor for Xfinity in this area, so I asked her about this. A short demo proved this won't work around here...