And with no cable, will I need a converter box and rabbit ears? I live in an apartment and comcast is the only cable company around. With their high price hikes, I cancelled them. Thanks for any information you can provide! He bought a digital converter and an antenna we scanned the channels and we can only get one channel it is channel 7. Is there anything you can suggest or what are we doing wrong. Hi davei have a question about the digital adapters for Time Warner Cable.
I moved into the house i currently live in about 3yrs ago. I was told by my landlord that he cancled his survice with them years ago and TWC never disconnected. With there price hikes, I had to drop them. Can anyone help me. Please email me at julie. You Americans are lucky. Does it make tv work properly? Thank you for your help! I am trying to hook a box without instructions. Also, we were told that with the new TV we have, we should be able to pick up several stations with just rabbit ears.
Can you tell me anything about that? Thanks in advance for any info. Good luck! Your email address will not be published.
October 4, at am. Nancy Anderson says:. September 30, at pm. Patty Miller says:. March 29, at pm. If it has the ATSC tuner, it will receive digital signals without outside converter box required.
Feb 21, Fan-boy-comics said:. I'm PecolaR Banned Feb 21, I don't see why it wouldn't work with a converter box, but I'm not too sure. That is a really good questions.
I have two flat screens and love them. The quality of picture is so different compared to the regular Tvs. Do I need a converter box and if I do what type do I need. Please advise and give me a diagram if I need it in order to finish my project. I am on SSA and my and my cable is getting higher very fast.
Please help me if you can. Unregistered Guest Jun 4, HDTV antennae I want to take my small Although they look it, I don't know if these two models are the same.
To get the signal when camping I've checked out TitanTV for stations in the camping area that are within a 50 mile range and there are quite a few here in Florida should I buy an external antennae such as the Mohu Leaf 50? Thanks, Mo. RF Steve Contributor Jun 4, If it was sold in this country after there is a pretty good chance that it does have an ATSC tuner. If there are strong UHF signals present at the location where you plan to be the leaf could work. Yes an external antenna will likely be needed.
I'm not an expert at all the goofy little indoor antennas on the market today. You might read through these links.
So do you have to buy a fancy new TV and junk the old one? The simple answer is no. If your television has a digital tuner -- the component that helps you tune into TV stations -- already built in, you don't need a new TV.
However, if you're still using an older TV with an analog tuner built in, like millions of people, the switch didn't make your TV obsolete. In fact, it should clean up your reception, but it won't make your television show look like high-definition programming. The difference in analog and digital is pretty simple. Unlike digital broadcasting, which is either off or on, an analog signal can waver in relation to factors such as the strength of the signal.
If you've ever had to get up to play with the antenna on your TV to get a better picture, you'll appreciate digital broadcasting. If your digital TV is getting a signal at all, you're getting clear audio and video. You need a converter for every tuner you have, whether it's for a TV or for the videocassette recorder or digital video recorder you use to record shows.
So if you have a second TV in another room, you need a box for that one, as long as it has an analog tuner built in. Televisions with digital tuners built in will probably be labeled as such. If you aren't sure about yours, check your owner's manual or contact the manufacturer for more information.
The Web is a good place to look; many companies keep information on older models online for reference. Do you subscribe to digital cable or satellite TV? If you do, the box that goes on your TV handles the conversion for you. In fact, the analog-to-digital switch really affected just local broadcasters. Satellite and cable stations don't use the same frequencies that your local network affiliates do. So if you're not using an antenna to watch TV, the switch didn't affect you.
Are you an analog cable subscriber? Here's a clue: If you plug the cable directly into the back of your television, your cable company might be offering you analog service. The FCC requires cable companies to provide analog signals for local stations that have switched to digital signals as long as they offer analog feeds for any other channel.
You may be fine for now, but if you're concerned that your TV will go dark in the future, you should contact your cable provider. There are a few exceptions to the conversion rule, though. Low-power , Class A and TV translator stations don't have to make the switch to digital just yet. These stations are usually rural or local community stations, and while they didn't have to switch in June , they'll be required to switch over in the future [source: FCC ].
If you watch one of these stations regularly, make sure to get a converter box that has analog pass-through capability, and you can continue to receive those channels. Otherwise, you'll have to get a signal splitter and divide the signal from your antenna for digital and analog stations. At this point, you may be thinking this is all a pain in the neck.
But there are some advantages for switching to a digital signal. Read more about them on the next page. Households that request these coupons may qualify for up to two coupons each. You can learn more at the program at DTV - Switching from analog to digital let broadcasters offer higher picture definition, because a digital signal can be compressed far more than an analog signal.
Compression allows stations to fit more information in the signal.
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