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Default Digital Converter Boxes

On Jan 7, 2:04*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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Well, once again you say you are informed, but offer zero information
to back your claim.. I mean, it's obvious that you have plenty of time
to correct me (cut and paste from google), but you really have nothing
to offer... Stick to insults, it's all you have...

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I'll try.

If you have an older, non-digital television and hook it up to your cable
directly from the wall, meaning no cable box, whatever programming you can
watch is analog. *It can be good, or it may be fuzzy. *Analog signals can be
processed and displayed even if they are weak, whereas with digital you will
either get a lock and a "perfect" picture or you'll get no picture at all..
You can see digital occasionally dropping out of sync. *The TV actually has
a buffer in it (as does the cable box) to filter out these occasional,
temporary dropouts.

The cable companies currently send both analog and digital programming. *If
you are using a cable box and a non-digital TV, the box is converting the
digital programming to analog so your TV can display it.

HD programming is all digital.

But .... *(big but) ... *just because you get a digital TV, it doesn't mean
you will receive all digital programming sent without a cable box. * You
need a cable box to receive any non-basic, premium programs. * It all
depends on what your purchased "package" includes.

Eisboch


Cool...