We are thinking about putting a TV in our outside bin that has a cable connection in it. It does not have an HDMI connection. We started looking for a TV with a cable connection and it's hard to find one. We found a small TV at Walmart with both connections but the TV is too small for us to see and enjoy. Is there an easy way to find a TV with cable input? or a converter? Thanks

I have never seen a television that didn't have a coaxial cable connection unless you are looking at televisions manufactured in the 60s.. No television has a built in converter that would decode the scrambled signals for the different digital cable companies. Just about any $250 Television (around 32 inch screen) from Walmart will work for placing in the outside bay. We keep ours in the box it came in, because the styrofoam packing keeps it from scratching and dinging a lot. They are cheap enough that if they break, you just toss it and get another.

I have also never seen a newer TV without a coax cable input.There must be something you don't understand.

"Every" TV (never found one without) has a post where you can connect a coax cable. Computer monitors do not, but anything that is meant to be used as a television will have a coax connection. The coax connection will allow you to connect to either cable or use your OTA TV antenna.

Because we couldn't see the back of the tv in the store and the only input listed was HDMI we were concerned that it wouldn't accept old-fashioned coax. Thank you all. Kcmoedoe, good idea keeping it in the original box. That sounds like a good idea.

I feel much better now that one less hot head out there.

TV Connection in Bin is Cable, not HDMI | Good Sam Community

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Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Jun 19, 2014
"Every" TV (never found one without) has a post where you can connect a coax cable. Computer monitors do not, but anything that is meant to be used as a television will have a coax connection. The coax connection will allow you to connect to either cable or use your OTA TV antenna.
dan-nickie
Explorer
Jun 19, 2014
I have also never seen a newer TV without a coax cable input.

There must be something you don't understand.
kcmoedoe
Explorer
Jun 19, 2014
I have never seen a television that didn't have a coaxial cable connection unless you are looking at televisions manufactured in the 60s.. No television has a built in converter that would decode the scrambled signals for the different digital cable companies. Just about any $250 Television (around 32 inch screen) from Walmart will work for placing in the outside bay. We keep ours in the box it came in, because the styrofoam packing keeps it from scratching and dinging a lot. They are cheap enough that if they break, you just toss it and get another.

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