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    So I have the cable line running directly into my HDTV with no box. Will there be any change when all the channels go digital in 1/09 ?? Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JZ1276 View Post
    So I have the cable line running directly into my HDTV with no box. Will there be any change when all the channels go digital in 1/09 ?? Thanks.
    OTA goes digital in 2009 not cable. BTW what type of tuner does taht st have. If youhave a QAM tuner you are all set even if your cable system goes all digital (unless they scramble).

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    OTA goes digital in 2009 not cable. BTW what type of tuner does taht st have. If youhave a QAM tuner you are all set even if your cable system goes all digital (unless they scramble).
    It does have a QAm tuner. Most of their HD channerls are already scarmbled, except OTA.

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    if it has a qam tuner you should be ok as they are not supposed to scramble those channels just cut the analog feed

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