2007-02-03 10:57:01 · 5 answers · asked by dubs81csu 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
pay the cable company extra for what??? you aren't clear on that. HD programming?
You need to know that HD tuner doesn't give me enough information. Does your set have an ATSC tuner? Then you can get HD - but only with an antenna. Does it also have a QAM tuner? If so then any digital broadcasts that isn't scrambled by your cable company you can see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner
2007-02-03 22:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the built in HD tuner will only let you recieve the over-air stations, such as 4,5,7,25,38. Your basic local stations. Which will require you to set up an antenna in order to recieve these stations. You wont get them with your basic cable service. If yould like HD channels from cable, Upgrade to The digital cable service with an HD box. Theres alot more HD channels where the signal doesnt depend on weather conditions or positioning. Imj not trying to knock the over air HD, because ife seen setups look damn good, but if youre not into all the work and want more HD channels, Call your cable company and set up an apointment.
2007-02-03 11:04:42 · answer #2 · answered by Comcast Tech 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HD ready means you need a compatible box like a sky or virgin HD box to get HD channels, I found that just by having a full HD tv the picture quality is as good on freeview as it is when I put it on my freesat box on an HD channel, so just go for full HD and make sure it is 1080i not 1080p
2016-05-24 00:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.You won't have to lease there digital/hd set-top box as you would if your TV was just hd ready but you have to have one of the
packages that has the hd channels.I have an hd-ready TV and had to lease the set-top box and upgrade to the Bronze package
that has the hd channels. The box was 7.99 a month and the upgrade was another 11 dollars.I don't mind because the football
games and most of the races are in hd.Good Luck
2007-02-03 11:10:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lionman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to pay extra if you're watching NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, and CW in high-def, but if you want to watch ESPN, TNT, Universal, HBO, Cinemax, etc, then you'll have to pay the cable company extra if you want to watch those premium channels in HD.
2007-02-03 11:02:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋