Cable knower abouters..

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by Cigary

If your TV has a built in tuner you can always let your TV "tune in" channels in your area like I did with my Mitsubishi 52 inch. I don't have a cable box but rather just the one cable going into the TV and I tune my TV and I get 100 channels plus 15 HD channels. Try manually tuning your TV this way and see what you are able to get.

That's what I'm talking about!

[mikeyj23]

When I first got my HDTV and didn't have an HD box I used just the tuner and got about 30 HD channels. No ESPN and about 10 spanish channels, but 30 HD channels is better than a lot of cable providers, which still puzzles me a bit.

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by mikeyj23

When I first got my HDTV and didn't have an HD box I used just the tuner and got about 30 HD channels. No ESPN and about 10 spanish channels, but 30 HD channels is better than a lot of cable providers, which still puzzles me a bit.

See, this is what is puzzling me mikey. When I set the unit up and had it "find" the channels or whatever you call it, it didn't pick up any of the HD channels. I don't know why the tuner isn't grabbing those channels.

[dunng]

Originally Posted by rizzle

See, this is what is puzzling me mikey. When I set the unit up and had it "find" the channels or whatever you call it, it didn't pick up any of the HD channels. I don't know why the tuner isn't grabbing those channels.

Make sure it is searching the Digital Tuner too... some do it automatically, some do not...

Originally Posted by dunng

Make sure it is searching the Digital Tuner too... some do it automatically, some do not...

Exactly,,,mine runs analog first which takes about 10 minutes and then it automatically scans for digital which takes about another 15-20 minutes. There is another way to scan individually and I did that and was able to score movie channels,,,HBO, Cinemax, Showtime,,,I thought I had died and gone to cable heaven. Each of these "Premium" channels are HDTV. I now have about 25 HD channels.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by rizzle

See, this is what is puzzling me mikey. When I set the unit up and had it "find" the channels or whatever you call it, it didn't pick up any of the HD channels. I don't know why the tuner isn't grabbing those channels.

While it may be an HDTV it is possible that it does not have a QAM tuner.


NTSC tuner = analog over the air
ATSC tuner = digital (HD) over the air
QAM tuner = digital (non-scrambled/ "in the clear") over cable


That might explain why your TV is not finding any HD/Digital channels when it scans.

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by AD720

While it may be an HDTV it is possible that it does not have a QAM tuner.


NTSC tuner = analog over the air
ATSC tuner = digital (HD) over the air
QAM tuner = digital (non-scrambled/ "in the clear") over cable


That might explain why your TV is not finding any HD/Digital channels when it scans.

True Andrew... assumed that his tv had QAM.

[AD720]

If the OP can post the brand/model I'm sure we can figure out if it has QAM...

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by AD720

If the OP can post the brand/model I'm sure we can figure out if it has QAM...

It's a Samsung LN19A450. I think the tuner is ATSC. What the hell does that even mean?