I dropped my cable co & switched to over the air broadcast. My older HD TV doesn't have a conver. Will this converter box work like the cable box?
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It will with in the sense that it will pull in stations over the air. It works great, I'm using it with my projector which has no tuner. This box has hdmi and yellow red white, and coax output. The picture is fantastic over hdmi. I can't speak for the other 2 methods, but according to the(limited) included instructions, it outputs over coax over either channel 3 or 4, with a selector switch.Matt
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Every cable system is different, but my understanding is that a cable box functions quite differently from an HD to analogue digital converter and therefore for most cable systems you are stuck with whatever the cable system recommends.
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This for over air digital converter only and will not work with scrambled cable signals
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No you have a HDTV this device hooks from antenna to bring hd signal from the air and convert from digital to analog. Its made for old TV s only
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Hi Michael K., You can get VHF/UHF supported Antenna for your channels and you don't need any converter for HDTV. Dave
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your smart HDTV will get local channels once you connect an antenna. The converter box is for old TVs. Get a magnovox or phillips antenna.
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when we had cable, brighthouse , cable worked on our standard definition tv without a converter box, i think theres something built into the cable box already. if you only use this magnavox youre going to get over-the-air channels like local and PBS stuff like that and id recommend getting a digital antenna
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I was able to plug my cable directly into the back of the TV (no converter box was involved) and tune in the channels from the TV. I was able to get all the basic cable channels but not the HD channels.
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If I understand the question, I think that if you ran the amplified antenna out (coax) to a digital converter box and then to the tv, it should all work fine. You would need a coax in to the digital converter.
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What kind of converter box? As far as I know, there is no way to connect this TV to a regular antenna.
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not with my older tv. i need some converter box also. not sure exactly what converter.
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It did not work for me.I had to upgrade to a digital box from Com Cast.The converter I got is now in the landfill
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if you have the new tv you don,t need converter boxes .the one i have has two outputs but may be able to use 3 or more by using a splitter
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Yes, you can, if the tv is digital, but you don't get to much channels; at least I didn't get enough channels. With the converter box I got much more channels. Maybe the area that you live has better recession that my area.
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If the cable is attached to the TV's HDMI port, and the RCA connectors are attached to the converter box's connectors, then it may work, if the convertor box converts the signal from analog to digital. On the other hand, if the cable is attached to your computer's HDMI port, and the cables' RCA connectors are attached to the convertor box (which converts the signal from digital to analog), and the convertor box is attached to your TV by way of another cable & input source, then it may work. What are you trying to accomplish?
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Yes, all you need is a digital converter box which can be picked up for $38 and you will be all set to receive free over the air channels with the Cable Cutter antenna. Any digital converter will work, but we recommend this one:Mediasonic HW180STB HomeWorx HDTV Digital Converter Box with Media Player Function, Dolby Digital and HDMI Out (Old Version)
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No well it depends on I there anything wrong with the TV right now the TV has a av cable hook up and a cable wire hook up should work fine so no converter box is needed unless one of them don't work and I don't think you will have a problems with that though anyway if there is something wrong with is and there shouldnt be you can always return it