Has anyone gotten the HDTV cable signal and still been able to hook up their older TVs without a Converter Box

Question

I get basic cable, because that is all I really watch. I am thinking of picking up a new 37"LCD TV with both an ntsc and atsc tuner. The ones I am looking at can handle over the air HD digital broadcasts. If I upgrade to the high definition digital cable, will i not be able to connect the rest of my tvs to the cable. I also have a media center PC with a analog tv tuner too. I like the idea of hooking up and watching HDTV but I will lose the ability to jsut plug in the rest of my TVs and devices, I think. I have seen how they look without the higher definition....

Since it is basic, I just run it straight into my current TV without a converter box.

Has anyone gotten the HDTV cable signal and still been able to hook up their older TVs without a digital Converter Box?

Answer 1

New HDTVs have a cable tuner, so you can watch basic analog/digital cable without a set-top box.
I highly recommend you switch to digital cable, because, simply analog cable on a HDTV looks terrible.
However, digital cable does not preclude analog, which you can still use for your old TV

Answer 2

Did you run the channel scan on the converter box? That's necessary to record the channels you're receiving. If you got analog reception without excessive ghosting or snow, then your digital reception should be excellent. In my experience, I had so-so analog reception but got excellent digital reception. I'm almost 40 miles from the transmitters, using a medium size antenna in my attic.