have brighthouse cable does ant one know if i can buy my own box instead of renting theres for $10 a mo. bunch of rip offs or descramblers i was told u cant buy for digital THANKS ALOT
2007-04-09 13:58:47 · 4 answers · asked by craig u 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
In time by end of 2008 ALL transmissions have to be in digital by Federal standard. It is my understanding that if you have cable you will automatically get the digital and if you don't there is supposedly some way to get free/legal converters for TV's that do not receive digital.
I do NOT plan on renting a box. I tried it for three days a couple months ago and did not see it worth the extra price (and my TV is HD) and could not tape and watch another show.
I would not use a pirated box because you could end up in court.
2007-04-09 15:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samsung has introduced an open cable box with cablecard. The downside is that you need the Cable Operator to install the cablecard for you and they charge $$ for installation.
On the other hand, if you can upgrade your TV now, you can get a HDTV with QAM tuner. But you can only get the clear channels from digital cable but no pay per view though.
2007-04-09 18:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by cyberco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No contemporary cable provider could have analog channels that require a container, and all contemporary TVs could have the potential to directly music all the analog channels a provider incorporates. What they could mean is an SD digital or HD digital container. you will get the latter in case you have an HDTV set, and/or desire to observe HD programming.
2016-12-08 22:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is a qam tuner?
2015-06-11 04:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by Emily Crousehyland 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋