TechWriter wrote:
then work at a campground that has digital cable. Time after time I'd hear, "But my TV is new. Why doesn't it work?"
You are not helping matters any, really.
Just because a coax has digital signals on it, does NOT mean that it is "digital cable".
The most common newer built systems in RV parks carries digital signals on over-the-air frequencies. The older ones carry analog signals on the old analog OTA frequencies.
MOST campgrounds that say they have "digital cable" don't really......and no external converter is required.
IF.....you work at a place that has "real" digital cable extended to the individual campsites, then you should fully expect to get that question about 50 times a day.....IF you don't explain it to new arrivals up front......and supply those who need it (most everybody) an appropriate converter box.