MrWizard wrote:
wowens79 wrote:
One other thing to throw out there. Some of the new cheaper TV's don't have a tuner built into the TV, and some have an analog tuner, but not a digital (QUAM) tuner.
Some campgrounds you have to pick up a DTA (Digital to Analog) box from the office if the cable company encrypts its signal. Other companies don't encrypt, and you can just plug directly into the TV.
Unfortunately there are lots of variables.
if it doesn't have a tuner
its NOT a TV
IT IS a display monitor or home theater display that requires a separate tuner
by definition, its not a TV if it doesn't have a tuner
i have not seen anything adv as a TV with no tuner
wowens79 kinda sorta got it right.
As of 2009, TVs were required to have digital ATSC tuners for OTA programming. However, QAM tuners for digital cable programming have always been
optional on TVs.
As someone who has worked at a campground with digital cable, it can be a great source of confusion. Most folks expected their new flat screens to work at our campground, but many of their flat screens were inexpensive and didn't have a QAM tuner.
If your TV doesn't have a built-in QAM tuner, here's one of the few alternatives --
iView 3500STBii. However, it's not very good.
