New TV and new Blu-ray/DVD player have no Co-ax connections. Of course, RV is all Co-ax. Question is...How can I connect the co-ax input to either a HDMI or LAN input of above???If Mommie ain't happy, no one is happy!!!

HDMI is the norm. There should be a coax in on the back of the TV for antenna in. If not, maybe you bought a monitor and not a television.

If your tv doesn’t have a coax connector, it doesn’t have a OTA tuner. More and more common these days. Not sure why you want a coax conn on the DVD player. You connect that to your TV with an HDMI cable..Same with sat; it connects to tv with HDMI.

Definitely an HD TV. Checked 5 0f 6 tvs and only one had a co-ax input, rest had hdmi and lan inputs. Blue Ray /dvd player also had no Co-ax input, only hdmi and lan inputs. Tech guy at store said all tvs etc. are doing away with co-ax inputs.Not I'm not sure how to make the hookup?

I understand the hdmi from player to tv. No problem. My rv has only co-ax throughout for the tv systems. Only a co-ax connection to tvs and player, no hdmi plugs. I just need to know how to go from my rv co-ax to a player that only has hdmi and lan inputs.

TerrysMisty wrote:I understand the hdmi from player to tv. No problem. My rv has only co-ax throughout for the tv systems. Only a co-ax connection to tvs and player, no hdmi plugs. I just need to know how to go from my rv co-ax to a player that only has hdmi and lan inputs.You need a tuner. Usually these are sold as "Digital TV converter boxes;" look for one with an HDMI output, which you will connect to your new TV set. Note that some (many? most?) of these converter boxes don't work with cable systems, only with over-the-air broadcast TV.

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32 Replies

Bobbo
Explorer III
Jul 24, 2018
I agree that a "TV" with no tuner is not a "TV."
DrewE
Explorer II
Jul 23, 2018
TragedyTrousers wrote:
OTA has better picture then Satellite or cable since it has no compression. Calling a TV without a tuner a TV is false marketing.

OTA digital TV very much has compression (MPEG-2 or H.264 for video, AAC for audio), though it may very well be less compressed than some cable and especially satellite broadcasts. The bitrate of a digital TV channel is only somewhere around 1.2% of what would be required to carry an actual uncompressed HDTV (1080p30 or 1080i60) signal.
Big_Katuna
Explorer II
Jul 23, 2018
Except it can get content from WIFI and USB.
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jul 23, 2018
My son bought a new 40” Visio TV right after Christmas. It has a tuner.

It’s like saying you bought a radio with rca,aux and Bluetooth, but it has no tuner! Then All you bought was a set of speakers!
TragedyTrousers
Explorer
Jul 23, 2018
OTA has better picture then Satellite or cable since it has no compression. Calling a TV without a tuner a TV is false marketing.
mobeewan
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
I don't think broadcast TV will ever end. The reason is the emergency broadcast system. In the event of a disaster whether it be nuclear or natural it will be easier to get broadcast stations back on the air then to restore cable infrastructure and possibly Satellite Television. For over-the-air all you need is a television with a tuner, a wire coat hanger to Bend into the proper shape for an antenna and a source for power.
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jul 20, 2018
TVs w/o tuners makes me wonder about the future of OTA transmission. The FCC has taken a number of steps to protect local TV stations. Satellites locals is one. The change from SD to HD prompted higher better coverage because the higher frequency channels had better quality but less range.

I'm not suggesting that the protection for local TV stations won't exist in the future but could the day arrive when they shut down their OTA towers?
FF286
Explorer
Jul 20, 2018
I’m glad I found this thread, we have been talking about getting both a new tv for the house and the camper. I cannot get cable at home and was not happy with satellite, so we went back to antenna.
drsteve
Explorer
Jul 20, 2018
MURPHY55347 wrote:
Vizio took tuners out of there tv's a couple of years ago claiming no one used them.

According to their website, all Vizio smart TVs have tuners.
MURPHY55347
Explorer
Jul 19, 2018
Vizio took tuners out of there tv's a couple of years ago claiming no one used them.