analog or digital TV at camp grounds
We purchased a 2007 Class C Winnebago and went on a shakedown trip to the cape. We connected the cable and it worked just fine. Now we intend to take a long trip and it occurred to us that we may ha...
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dodge guy wrote:
I have always had cable ready TV`s. never had an issue with park cable anywhere, currently have a 20 year old 12V cable ready TV in the trailer bedroom and it has worked with no issues. whether the TV is analog or digital not sure if it makes a difference.
Your 20 year old analog TV will not work at any of the parks that use a digital set top box to decode the digital cable signals. Those systems are unfortunately becoming more common as the cable companies push harder to bring everyone into the digital fold. There are ways that parks can retain their current analog distribution system by installing a new digital head end, but it's a costly conversion. "Cable ready" in the era when your TV was made simply meant that it was capable of tuning the frequencies the cable systems used to retransmit the signals they receive OTA and via satellite. Since the advent of digital TV, it's a whole different game.
