I called my local cable rep. and was told that either way (keep my old analog tv or with a new digital tv) I would have to upgrade my service to a more expensive service and rent a converter box .
2007-12-20 08:27:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
It depends on what lever of service you get with your cable. Many channels are being migrated to digital on their systems, to make room for more and more HD channels. Their digital format has to be deciphered by their cable box.
In essence, if you want anything more than the local channels plus a few basic cable networks like CNN or TNT, you will need their box.
2007-12-20 10:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On Feb 17, 2009 the FCC is requiring all television broadcasts to be in digital, so what that means is if your currently receiving an analog feed you will need to get a digital receiver. The reason for that even if you had a digital TV is because digital programming is encrypted if it comes from a satellite or cable provider and you need the help of a receiver to decode it to something your tv will be able to show. Otherwise it'd all be static.
As for the programming, that depends on the company and what they provide for digital and analog customers. You may have a package that offers more for less money than what the new subscribers have available, but *USUALLY* that isn't affected by things such as equipment changes (unless it's satellite, but that's a different story)
2007-12-20 09:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by Laura 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw a man on the news today that owned an appliance store. He said the only TV's that will be effected will be ones hooked up to old time antenneas on rooftops. He said if you have cable or satelite service it won't effect you at all.
2007-12-20 08:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by Debbie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋