New Cox cable lineup a PITA?

[Red Arrow]

I've only tried on one TV so far, but here is what I have...

Negatives so far:

1. It's another dang box in my house.

2. They want you to use HDMI (which I have no available ports on some TVs)

3. You can use COAX, but if you use COAX, it crops to 4:3 and down-converts to SDTV

4. The remote is IR and my viewing location is not always line of sight from my equipment location

5. The sound quality is bad on COAX and actually seems worse on HDMI

Positives:

1. It came with the cables and batteries.

Great. So now I will need 2 remotes for each TV?

[patric]

I wonder if my old 36 channel box from the 80s is worth anything.   

I would post a picture but I don't have anyplace to send it.   

[sgrizzle]

Great. So now I will need 2 remotes for each TV?

The new one supposedly can be programmed to control your TV so theoretically you can use just one remote, theirs, but it has only basic buttons.

[Red Arrow]

Ours has a rotary dial with channels 1 thru 36.  On the back are a cable in and cable out connection.  The box plugs in to 120V from the wall and has an auxiliary 120V outlet, 2 prong.

[Red Arrow]

I talked with Cox Technical Support on the phone this evening.  Analog TV's will need the box.  If your TV has an internal digital tuner, you won't need the box but the box will offer some extras.  We already don't get a couple of channels (Nat Geo is one) that the tech guy said we should looking at our service level and channel line up.  Without the box but with an internal digital tuner there may be some channel number anomalies.

The minibox will work with universal remotes.

We only have expanded basic so your results may vary.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I think I still have one of those...

[heironymouspasparagus]

I talked with Cox Technical Support on the phone this evening.  Analog TV's will need the box.  If your TV has an internal digital tuner, you won't need the box but the box will offer some extras.  We already don't get a couple of channels (Nat Geo is one) that the tech guy said we should looking at our service level and channel line up.  Without the box but with an internal digital tuner there may be some channel number anomalies.

The minibox will work with universal remotes.

We only have expanded basic so your results may vary.

NatGeo is pretty good.  I see it on DirectTV connection I get access to once in a while.

AHC is another good one that I would like to see on Cox.  And Science channel. 

Am missing a lot with basic cable...

[DolfanBob]

That is the first incarnation converter box we used until the smaller wood grain Jerrold came in. Having to carry a case of ten everyday and check them in was such a pain. Tangle much? It was still a great place to work in the 80s.

[sgrizzle]

I talked with Cox Technical Support on the phone this evening.  Analog TV's will need the box.  If your TV has an internal digital tuner, you won't need the box but the box will offer some extras.  We already don't get a couple of channels (Nat Geo is one) that the tech guy said we should looking at our service level and channel line up.  Without the box but with an internal digital tuner there may be some channel number anomalies.

The minibox will work with universal remotes.

We only have expanded basic so your results may vary.

Sounds like I should call. The news story and letter I got in the mail made it sounds like no box = no TV. This makes it sounds like QAM tuner TV's (about everything made in last 5 years) are fine.

[Breadburner]

Thanks Mark Savage......!!!

[DolfanBob]

Thanks Mark Savage......!!!

The best General manager Tulsa Cable had. And I worked for three of them.

[Ben]

I'm going to amazon fire TV and Sling TV.......Sling is 20 dollars a month....The Fire TV is 49 after rebate.....Bye Bye Cox.....

What do you (and others) do for internet access? I still use a cox internet only option. It was the best option for where we lived when we moved here, but I have not really evaluated other options recently.

[Gaspar]

We are very close to dumping everything but internet now.  We spend most of our TV time with Netflix and Amazon Prime on our Roku or ChromeCast.

Our U-Verse seems to only exist for Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.  TV programming has gone so far down-hill that we basically have 230 channels of garbage that we pay a monthly fee for.

[Breadburner]

What do you (and others) do for internet access? I still use a cox internet only option. It was the best option for where we lived when we moved here, but I have not really evaluated other options recently.

I have Uverse.....

[Breadburner]

The best General manager Tulsa Cable had. And I worked for three of them.

He ended up owning all or part.....Then sold out....