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Originally Posted by jedlinde
Perhaps I'm missing some very basic info here. My understanding is that all signals were converted to digital on/around 6-12-09, or before, and that the boxes are needed to convert the digital signal to an analog one for old TVs. So, if the cable is sending a digital signal, then why do you need a converter box for a digital TV?
Also, HD, high definition, is different from DTV, digital TV; no? |
All over the air broadcast signals were converted to digital. Cable operators still offer basic packages with analog signals. If you subscribe to a basic analog package, you might get talked into a tuner but most TVs built in the last 20 years are "cable ready" and thus capable of tuning all the analog channels without a box. Additionally, if you have a digital TV with a QAM tuner, you might be able to tune digital versions of some cable channels and should be able to tune digital
HD versions of the over the air channels for your market.
