HD Tuners

[sponge]

I was wondering something about the tuners. If I go out and buy one hook it up to my TV will I be able to watch HD programs threw my cable or what? If not what do I need to do to be able to do to make it work???

Also I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on some good tuners/turnersDVR I found 1 that is a Samsung model numberTB-H260F, does anyone know how well this one is?

[MJA]

what kind of TV you have ?

[lacywest]

after reading his question ... I checked how many posts he has already made.

[sponge]

I have a 48" Samsung. Also how can you tell if your tv is HD ready?

[MJA]

81 pages to read about the samsung tuner.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=728392

google your TV name and model to find out if your TV got a built in tuner

[redwudz]

If you are asking about a HD tuner for a computer, then there are a few. Whether you can get HD off your cable and display it through your computer to your TV depends a lot on your cable source. You can get tuners for OTA (Over The Air) HDTV, but not all cable services provide unencrypted HDTV.

On the other hand, if you are asking about cable boxes (Cable TV tuners), it again depends on your cable service and what HD channels they provide, free or pay.

And the big question would be, what type of TV do you plan on viewing this on? Does it have HD inputs? Component, HDMI, DVI, S-video or VGA ?

And welcome to our forums.

[kidcash]

Can you clarify your question, do you want to buy a HD Tuner card or a HD Set top box?

[edDV]

I was wondering something about the tuners. If I go out and buy one hook it up to my TV will I be able to watch HD programs threw my cable or what? If not what do I need to do to be able to do to make it work???

Also I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on some good tuners/turnersDVR I found 1 that is a Samsung model numberTB-H260F, does anyone know how well this one is?

Location: USA

ATSC* tuners do nothing with cable TV in North America. You need a QAM tuner for cable. Your cable company can provide you with one.

Some new DTV sets, DVD Recorders, computer "HD" tuners include QAM tuning capability. This will get you the "locals" but not the encrypted "digital cable" channels unless the cable provider leaves them unencrypted.

Some new DTV sets accept a "cable card" that you rent from the cable company. The "cable card" allows DTV set decryption of the channels in your subscription plan.

Does that answer your question?

The DTB-H260F is an ATSC tuner that also tunes clear (unencrypted) QAM on cable.
http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_b/h260f.html

The DTB-H260F will work with an "HD Ready" TV set but would be difficult to connect to a computer.


* ATSC uses 8-VSB modulation. Cable uses QAM (Quadrature amplitude modulation). These are different and incompatible RF modulation technologies. The baseband signal is usually MPeg2 but can also be MPeg4 for cable.