QAM tuner?

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Well this is not about repair, but I don't know where else to ask it, and someone here will know.

I still have an old CRT TV, which works fine, and I subscribe to Cox cable. Recently Cox has converted some of the analog channels to unscrambled digital, so they are available on anything that has a QAM tuner without having to rent a cable box. And there are a few other channels like that - National Geographic, for instance.

So I need to find an inexpensive stand-alone QAM tuner, or some inexpensive device that includes a QAM tuner, so I can get these channels without paying for another tier or service. Of course eventually I'll upgrade to an LCD TV with a built-in QAM tuner, but I'm just not ready to do that yet.

I have a converter box from when the analog to digital switch happened for over-the-air broadcast TV, but it only has an ATSC tuner, not QAM.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

spamtrap1888 · Accepted Answer

Buy a used standalone tuner from the days when HDTVs lacked a tuner, before analog disappeared and we got our free converter cards.. Some of those folks should have upgraded by now. The last of the breed was the Samsung DTBH260F

micky · Answer

I found thouse used for 187, so if you're going to spend that much, maybe better to spend 200 new or 150 refurbished, for a Magnavox DVDR with hard drive. It has a QAM tuner, and lots of other stuff. Stuff that works iwth cable, and you can also put in an over the air input. I forget the model number but the numierc part may have started with 5.

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