My cable company forced me to go digital early in order to have HBO, Showtime, etc. so I currently am renting 2 cable boxes from them. I've got 2 other tvs that still have cable but it's just the analog signal, no movie channels. I'd like to have digital on those addtional tvs but no one seems to be selling converter boxes yet and I hate to have to rent 2 more boxes from the cable company since they've just jacked up their rates again. If I were to buy a dvd recorder or vcr/dvd combo that has a digital tuner in it, would I be able to watch digital cable through that unit?
2007-12-29 06:31:41 · 2 answers · asked by Lab Rat 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
If you buy a DVD recorder or PVR make sure they have a digital QAM tuner. Then you will be able to watch basic digital cable.
If you want to watch premium cable with a 3-d party box, make sure it has a CableCard slot. Then you will need to get a cable card from your cable company.
However, if you can afford to have 4 TVs in the house, I am sure you can afford to rent those set-top boxes from your cable company.
2007-12-29 07:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you have a digital tuner then you can pick digital signals right out of the air using an antenna just like with analog. All you need is supported software to view it whether it be Windows Media Center or Beyond TV or whatever other program the card comes bundled with. I have a FusionHDTV card in my system that I use specifically for this and it works great.
2016-05-27 18:55:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋