Can a digital converter box pull in digital cable channels?
I have (very) basic cable so no boxes on televisions (all units analog). I know there are other over the air digital channels in my area. 6-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, etc. If my cable company is broadcasting them, will converter box to collect them and display them on my computer?
(This answer is found in the U.S.)> is a converter box to collect and display on my computer? Coupon No. type converters are designed to receive broadcasts wirelessly only. They were designed specifically to not receive the type of digital signals used by major cable companies. Over the air broadcasts use ATSC digital. Major cable companies use to channel QAM digital. New TVs must have ATSC tuners. Most also have QAM tuners, but are not obliged to take them. Some people have found that basic cable systems including digital transmissions of their local stations. But you need a QAM "digital tuner to receive these cable channels. Some recorders DVD includes a QAM tuner. There is no coupon "converter / tuners" that have ATSC and QAM tuners, but to hunt on the Internet.
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