does this TV have an NTSC tuner as well as an ATSC tuner and QAM tuner?
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Yes, it has both built in. Love this tv. just wish it had more than two hdmi ports!
995169
Yes, this unit has a QAM tuner but you can not view scrambled channels. Basically you will receive local channels, shopping channels and some channels such as RT the Russian propaganda channel.
1248672
No idea but the quality is outstanding. NTSC tuner so not sure what standards are in Australia (if Pal Secam, most likely won't work)
507002
I wouldn't know from experience but the manual states the TV type should be set to NTSC but it can also be used as PAL or auto. Not sure if that's helpful but it's the only info I could find.
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Hi Taofiki, my model does do both NTSC and PAL, but not all models do. You would need to make sure that the specifications indicate either PAL or both, or give the option to upgrade from only NTSC to both. That is an option you have to pay for though.
1812905
yes it has a built in digital tuner. It actually puts out an incredibly nice HD picture.
1945243
I incidentally bought this TV and the answer is YES. I found on Samsung support web site that all LNT series TVs have NTSC, ATSC and QAM tuners. I verified after I bought the TV. This TV can tune - regular analog channels from cable or air - non scrambled digital channels from cable - non scrambled HD channels from cable or air
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Pal and NTSC is the type of signal encoding, like English, French, Spanish, etc. PAL & SECAM are used in Europe and some areas of South America. NTSC is used only in North America. Atsc is the tuner type and there are analog and digital versions. Analog is no longer used in north America as it moved to digital a few years ago, so an analog tuner is useless on a portable tv as the broadcast signals are now all in digital format. But analog tuners can still be used in many other parts of the world, that's why they are still being made. One analog tv channel carries only 1 analog TV signal but it can carry up to 4 digital channels in either clear-quam, FTA or scrambled formats, hence the digital decoder boxes cable TV providers sell you as their signals are normally scrambled to protect their investments. This unit can only pickup FTA unscrambled digital signals where available in both regular definition (SD) or high definition (HD) formats. It can also pickup regular audio broadcasts when available.
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Melody, This model does not have an ATSC tuner included. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products. --Mr. S
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Yes it has an ATSC tuner, you will need to connect some sort of antenna and it does very well with over the air content. I would recommend going to antennaweb.org to see what the best antenna choice is for your area.
2146297
If you have cable without a cable box, you will need a QAM tuner which this TV does not have.
1698656
*Integrated ATSC/NTSC/QAM tuners as far as the sleep timer I have not seen documentation showing it does or does not but I believe it does.
995171
never heard of a QAM tuner, but we have our TV hooked up with Verizon and the picture is great!
1965844
The device has separate Atsc & Ntsc tuners and I get my digital cable channels with over the air channel numbers. For example, my standard cable delivers ABC as channel 9 in analog and 711 in digital HD. If I want to record this channel it shows up as channel 6.1 which is the over air number. Also, I took another look at the quick start page and it shows both antenna and cable connections.
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Based on my experience, this TV is unable to "interpret" a digital signal (analog only). You will need a QAM tuner if your cable company does not provide a set top box for digital channels.
11559
No, no tuner. We utilize our cable box (Directv, non-HD) for the tuner. This is a second TV, so we just have the basics on this unit
2079425
FMQR: This TV does NOT support QAM under TV tuner. The FMDR has a QAM Tuner. Compare: http://www.sceptre.com