all made solely for cable? TV's used to pick up several channels without cable, do they sell these old designs anymore?
2007-10-22 04:21:34 · 3 answers · asked by Chauncy Gardener 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
>Do they sell tv's that get "air" channels anymore
That would be all TVs. If a set doesn't have a over the air (OTA) tuner, then it is a monitor and not a TV.
Look at the specs for a TV (in the US), the NTSC tuner is for receiving analog OTA channels and the ATSC tuner is for receiving digital OTA channels.
The analog broadcasts are going to shut down after 2/17/09, so older TV's that only have a NTSC tuner will need a converter box to receive OTA broadcasts after that cutoff date.
2007-10-22 05:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do....LOOK for TV sets with the ATSC tuner for "over the air" channels....
Cable tuners are called QAM tuners...they're built into the ATSC tuners
2007-10-22 11:58:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, but you can still but "rabbit ears" that plug into the cable jack on the tv
2007-10-22 11:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by Philly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋