I have a TV with three tunners built in to it. One for HD Cable, HD Satellite, and HD Antenna or Of the Air. My local cable company sais that I need an HD receiver to receive HD signal so my question is what is the purpose of those built in to my T.V?
2006-12-29 03:48:08 · 4 answers · asked by Viperdude5064410 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
You see I figured I didnt need an HD receiver since I already had the tunners.
2006-12-29 03:49:16 · update #1
Or does this even exist cause Im beggining to doubt that I misunderstood the salesmen?
2006-12-29 03:53:17 · update #2
Don't listen to salesman. I have never heard of an HD satellite tuner first off. As for an HD cable tuner, I suppose that might mean you have a cable card slot, so that you could use a cable card instead of having the HD Box from the cable company, but I doubt it. Lastly, the HD antenna is the ATSC tuner, which is most likely the only tuner you actually do have, and that is for getting over the air HD signals.
2006-12-30 18:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US, if a TV has a tuner, it is mandatory to include a Digital (HD) tuner as well.
I doubt you have a satellite HD tuner.
Your Cable tuner in the TV should be good enough to receive unscrambled channels (even HD). However, unless you have a cable-card slot and buy a cable card from your cable company , you can't receive scrambled channels (HBO, pay per view, etc.).
The cable company makes more money by selling premium channels. If you are happy with basic digital cable you don't need an extra set-top box.
2006-12-29 08:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the salesman miss led you or was not informed, you have a qam, a ntsc, and an atsc tuner. the qam is just a cable tuner. you plug in cable in the back and you can change the channels . thats it , it is not hd. the ntsc and atsc,are over the air, or with an antenna. the ntsc is ananlog and atsc is digital. they work together so for example the channels 24,68,31 will be analog and any thing like 24.1,24.2,68.1,31.1 will be digital.and will probably be in hd. witch is the best clearest hd signal. so to get hd cable or satalite you need their box to decode the signal and send it to your tv in hd.
2006-12-29 04:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by vjjohn79 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime they broadcast over the air in HD so if you have a antenna you can receive it.
Some cable companies do not require you to have a box if your tv has a receiver and a programmable card.
2006-12-29 03:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by answer man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋