spent the last half hour searching google and cant find a straight answer ... did a few searches here and didnt see a topic ... But come February 17, 2009 when we all make the switch to digital, will cable subscribers who have no cable/digital box but have their televisions hooked directly to the wall need a digital tuner? i kept finding articles saying "only people who use their TV for over the air stations - roof top antenna and rabbit ear users - will need a tuner" ... but then they follow up with "Satellite and Cable subscribers should not be effected, you already have the equipmentrequired" i have 1 digital box but my bedroom and my kids room do not - jus a simple wall to tv connection ... do i have to rent more boxes?
*snaps fingers in utter disappointment* hey thanks alot wiz ... guess i better look for that $40 coupon cause i think my cable privider (Comcast) chargest about $10 amonth to rent a box ... might as well buy my own thanks for the quick reply!
if using cable then don't need digital tuner box as only people with bunny ears & antenna tower needs them. the digital box you have now is for the extra channels in the 200's & above.
ddp thanks for ur reply as well ... i really dont want to take the risk in buyin 2 or more boxes i dont need (because all my kids stations are available w/o the box and my lady and i dont watch much tv at all in the bedroom) so i'll take ur word for it and wait see what happens on the seventeenth ... thanks wiz and ddp for the replies!
ddp's word is gold, on this. You can contact your cable provider, and I bet that they tell you that you won't need to do anything.
saw the advertising on pbs by the hosts of "this old house" & "the new yankee workshop" talking about it. only bunny ears & roof antenna need that box not cable.
grandpa and ddp - thanks again ... and - didnt want to call comcast (my cable provider) for fear they'd tell me i needed1 and i really didnt lol ... thanks again!
