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Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Need TV help ()
Date: December 31, 2009 01:13PM

Bought a HDTV for my mother-in-law who has basic cable, no set top box. When I went to hook it up I then realized that it didn't have coax input. She doesn't want to pay to lease a receiver from Cox and the DTV Converter boxes only work with Antenna signals. Does any have an External TV Tuner box and know where I can get one in the area?

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: WUFO TV NETWORK ()
Date: December 31, 2009 02:33PM

Radio Shack sells an AWESOME Digital TV tuner.

Ive had mine for five years now and it still works great.

It looks like a flying saucer on a pedestal so itt is noy hard to find.

It has an electronic three(3) stage signal amplifier, comes with a remote that

you can preset every station so that it adjusts to the right direction for that

channel w/o getting up off the couch.

Pretty awesome product!

I got mine on sale five years ago for $41.99

It will run you about $50 dollars today.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this particular unit because I have

litterally had them all.

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Here ya go.... ()
Date: December 31, 2009 02:42PM

Here is a link, but it appears it is out of stock right now. I think I saw a button on the page to find out which store has them though.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2131034

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Leper ()
Date: December 31, 2009 02:48PM

Oops u said tuner Not amplifier, well the link is still good because radio shack carries those also.

Best one hands down, is ZENITH.

Might want to try Best Buy also. Here is a link to the Zenith @ thier site.

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Helen Keller ()
Date: December 31, 2009 02:50PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/188-3550779-2425115?a=B001BNT3FS

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ()
Date: December 31, 2009 02:53PM

Wait a minute you also said HD TV!

They have built in over the air TV tuners INSIDE!

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: December 31, 2009 03:34PM

Micro Center sells the tuners

EDIT: Also, you could get a basic DVD/VCR with a tuner built in (some of those still exist) and connect that to the TV.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/2009 03:42PM by Registered Voter.

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Lydia250 ()
Date: January 01, 2010 10:08AM

Going back to my post from a few days ago this looks like what I need to solve my problem regarding OTA broadcasts. Searching the web, however, comes up with a lot of dubious options once you sort past the USB-based options that are designed for a computer and the ones that seem decent are not inexpensive. As pointed out on one of the boards this is not a high-demand item these days.

Given that Walmart has a 19" Visio LCD for $168 I might just bite the bullet and go that route.

One last question...can someone explain the difference/importance of QAM vs. ATSC (if that is the correct comparison)?

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: FFxU QuestionBot ()
Date: January 01, 2010 11:13AM

In a nutshell:

Ntsc tuner = analogue signal

Atsc tuner = digital signal

QAM tuner = tuner that picks up a digital cable signal (unencrypted)

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Re: Any electronics stores sell External TV Tuners
Posted by: Lydia250 ()
Date: January 01, 2010 01:38PM

OK, thanks...I guess that all that I need is ATSC if want OTA channels. After searching the web and a visit to Micro Center there do not seem to be any quality, reasonably priced options, so I am probably going to just bite the bullet and buy a new, small HDTV.

If anyone is interested, I found this unit at Micro Center for $100, but when you read the reviews it hardly seems worth the $60 (plus S/H) from Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815260022&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Devices+++TV+Tuners-_-Kworld+Computer+Co.+Ltd-_-15260022

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