Can I just plug this into my tv and get free OTA channels--no cable
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Yes, both traditional broadcast and HDTV, in theory. IF you're in a big city and have line-of-sight to the transmitter. Otherwise, I think you'll be out of luck and will have to up-grade to the Trek unit that I ended up buying. Good luck.
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Yes, you can, if the tv is digital, but you don't get to much channels; at least I didn't get enough channels. With the converter box I got much more channels. Maybe the area that you live has better recession that my area.
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You can if you have a digital tv. Flat panel or the like. Older tvs need a converter box
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Yes, digital HD signals and analog signals. Your TV should be digital signal ready, which if it's only a few (10 or so I guess) years old it should be.
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No, you cannot. You would have to pay TiVo for the service fee as well as your cable provider for cable; this specific model does not allow for OTA (over the air) recording.
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You can, just plug into the required inputs jacks and activate that jack through the TV menu
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If you mean not having a subscription to a cable company, that is correct, the RCA Indoor antenna picks up channels without having cable. I canceled my Time Warner Cable subscription completely (except for Internet, I still use them). Please note, if you have a HDTV or digital TV, all you have to do is plug it in to get local channels. If you have an old set like I do, you'll need to also purchase a Digital to Analog TV Converter Box (for Antenna Use). I purchased a Zinwell model ZAT-970A from Amazon for $45 and free shipping. Hope that helps!
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I purchased an indoor antenna for $30 and use that since I did not have access to Comcast. I get about 6 to 12 channels on what is called Free TV. I am sure you could use a rooftop antenna but you have to have the correct cord and connection to the TV. It does not come with the TV.
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I have had no problem getting OTA digital stations. The box has a connection for a satellite, dont have a dish, but I see no reason it should not work. What the box does is select what input you send to each tv. It doesnt care what the signal is, it just switches it.
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You can connect the cable antenna directly to this tuner and it will receive the QAM channels that your cable company puts on the cable. Some do and some don't. Ours does. So do not need to rent a box from the cable company. Only is any good if your cable company has open QAM
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Yes, if you only want to use this for watching Netflix/Amazon Prime, Pamdora etc you will not need another cable box. If you want to watch live TV, you will need to either get a cable/Sat box or get a digital OTA antenna .
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Thanks for the quick response. I am still getting 2 different answers. It sounds like if you hook it up before the Cable Box or TV that you can do both.
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If your tv is not digital capable you would. But if it is a newer digital tv you would not. Very simple hook up. Just screw on coaxial cable and enjoy free air channel's
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Well also it just a regular TV I mean all you have to do is either hook up your cable TV up by Hdmi or cable wire or TV intena by wire and I guess you could use the converter box for free TV I don't know how that works
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yes. you will only get channels provided by your basic cable subscription. to take full advantage of this device you need to subscribe for internet speed through your cable provider. then you will have an abundance of options to watch.
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Hi if the antenna is plugged into a DTV converter and then the analog convert is plugged into a analog TV, yes that should be fine. Now mine is plugged into a Tivo Premier, it was one of the few DVR that did OTA. Works really well.
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Yes this tv will work with the free over the air channels that you can pickup with an antenna. I don't have cable either. You will need to run a scan so that all the available channels can be found but it only takes a few minutes. You do need a good antenna if you are not near the stations transmitting. We have a old fashioned roof antenna and the reception and picture are great.
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You only need a HD antenna to pick up any free HD channels in your viewing area but this won't get paid channels for free only HD channels of local digital over the air content Hope this helped I used to be confused about what free HD meant too
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Depends on the cable and the TV. Typically you get your signal from a cable box or another device rather than a tv. If that device has an hdmi out you can just plug an hdmi cable in. For a TV to work as you indicated it would have to have an out bound cable plug.
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Nothing just hook to tv and scan for channels depending on the position you could possibly pull lots of channels....I brought this for my aunt and she loved it..no cable bills