Plasma TV, without coaxial input

[nigel_miguel]

i have an Akai 40 inch plasma screen, it's a great TV, but it does not have coaxial cable input. I have basic cable in Canada through Rogers and don't have a digital box, is there any way for me to hook up my coaxial cable to this tv without going to rogers and purchasing the cable box?

thanks

 

[rcbridge]

You need a box to de-modulate the signals your choices rent or buy!!

 

[nigel_miguel]

You need a box to de-modulate the signals your choices rent or buy!!

but is there anything that an electronics store would sell (without going through the cable company) to have the basic cable, because right now I have the cable hooked up to an older tv, and it's fine, i just don't want to rent or go back to them because they'll probably make me upgrade my cable subscription to get the box.

 

[RandallA]

but is there anything that an electronics store would sell (without going through the cable company) to have the basic cable, because right now I have the cable hooked up to an older tv, and it's fine, i just don't want to rent or go back to them because they'll probably make me upgrade my cable subscription to get the box.

Old VCR should do. You will connect the coax cable to the VCR and pass it through composite from the VCR to the TV.

 

[nigel_miguel]

Old VCR should do. You will connect the coax cable to the VCR and pass it through composite from the VCR to the TV.

I can't believe I never thought of that!!!!

 

[rcbridge]

Do you care about HD, I don't know about your system but my local cable-co includes the local HD channels with the most basic package of cable, I can de-modulate them with my QAM tuner.

 

[Peter Parker]

If he has only bsic cable then even a recent vintage VCR will do. But why buy a plasma and lookat SD?

 

[nigel_miguel]

If he has only bsic cable then even a recent vintage VCR will do. But why buy a plasma and lookat SD?

because it was inexpensive, and I do have HD, but I also want my cable to work...

 

[lakebum431]

An RF modulator is what you are looking for.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

It sounds like theres no built -in Tuner .Thats most likely why is was so inexpensive.

 

[allargon]

Is that even a HDTV--does it at least have a 1366x768 resolution? Or, is it one of those 1024x768 plasmas?

 

[tigerfan33]

Is that even a HDTV--does it at least have a 1366x768 resolution? Or, is it one of those 1024x768 plasmas?

Both are hd.

 

[bowens]

Both are hd.

No.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

No.

YES!

 

[allargon]

YES!

Hemi, a lot of early plasmas were "HD-Ready" rather than HD. IMHO, any display with a resolution less than 1280x720 is digital but not really HD. Let's not forget there are SD CRT's that accept OTA 1080i signals but are not HD displays.

 

[bowens]

YES!

It may accept an HD signal but it is not going to output HD. It may be close, but it's not HD.

 

[diogen]

Semantics.
For a TV to be called HD it has to have at least 720 lines of vertical resolution. Nothing else.
It is not insisting on any number of vertical lines (horizontal resolution)...

Diogen.