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3.5 Digital Cable·Do all TVs in the house need to have digital or can some get analog cable?
·Why does my digital cable look fuzzy?
·My digital cable tiles up a lot.
·How does a digital cable descrambler/filter work?
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The "digital" part is actually done by a converter box. In order to recieve digital channels, you have to have this converter.
Any TV without the converter will just receive what they always have (regular analog TV).
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by Raydr 
last modified: 2002-03-15 09:13:13 |
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It's probably a bad wire between your cable box and your TV (this includes VCRs, etc).
Your digital channels should look much better than your analog channels. They don't quite look like DVD, but they should be somewhere in between.
Your digital box outputs a very nice picture, and if for some reason it looks bad on your TV, it's usually just a loose connector or bad wire AFTER the cable box.
Those "push-on" wires that come with VCRs are notorious for doing this. I know we all hate those screw on ones, they are a pain in the butt to use, but use them anyway. You'll notice a difference.
Of course, there's always the possibility that your TV is no good or a connector on the TV or digital box may be bad.
ALSO: Just a recommendation. If your TV has an S-Video input or RCA jacks (Yellow, Red, White), use them for your digital cable instead. It looks much nicer.
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This is usually a low signal issue or there is a lot of noise in your line. Check your connections.
Note by liamsdad23 : Digital channels can also freeze and tile if the signal is too high!
Please refer to my modem troubleshooting section regarding low/bad signal.
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by Raydr
last modified: 2005-05-17 09:54:12 |
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There is NO SUCH THING AS A DIGITAL CABLE DESCRAMBLER.
There are TONS of ads for these "digital descramblers". They are NOTHING MORE THAN A HIGH PASS FILTER! They do not work!
What these things do is prevent a cable modem or digital cable box from talking back to the cable company, therefore it will not report Pay-Per-View purchases back to the cable company. Here's the catch though: The cable company is constantly polling the digital box for signal levels, purchases, and troubleshooting information. If it doesn't hear back from the box, they will flag your account and roll a service call truck on it. Since there is no way for you to clear the PPV purchases out of the boxes' memory, you're going to end up getting charged someday anyway.
Don't waste your money.
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