Someone told me that you can take the line from your cable modem and stick it in a regular "cable ready" TV and get basic cable. So I stuck it into my PVR-250 and sure enough was able to tune up to channel 99. So now I have Comedy Central, CNN, History, Travel for free (yes, I know I'm still paying for the net connection).
Be aware that the cable company can install a filter at any time to remove your access to the "free cable" but they haven't yet (for whatever reason)
Around here they started filtering probably 7 years ago. At first they had imperfect filters, and you could still get a handful of channels (something like 3-6 IIRC) my friends and I called it "cable scraps." They have been filtering everything here for at least a couple of years I think, though I don't really know/care since I get satellite service.
I'm a little surprised that any cable company out there isn't filtering, since I think the filters are dirt cheap.
Greg
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