To avoid arousing suspicion among my non-tech savvy peers, I refer to these as "external analog cable tuners" because that's what they are. They really don't convert anything, they just act as a tuner or remote control for older TVs that didn't conform to the FCC's at the time new bandplan for cable TV.
sadly but i have 1 of those boxes but it no longer recieves channels above chan 14 and higher as comcast has moved channels 14 and higher to digital only service
Time Warner Cable used to have boxes similar to this, but these are obsolete as they have some basic channels on the digital tier now to 'save bandwidth'. So even channels that could be tuned with cable-ready sets and boxes like this now are in the digital realm. Eventually, they will convert everything to digital and the only way to get programming is with a new TV or digital box. They do charge a rental fee.
I had one of these when I was young as well. I think I got that PRG button to work one time. Had something to do with programming the channels or something. AU, I have no idea what that button did. I don't think anyone does.
These are pretty hard to find nowadays. Most people gave them back to the cable company when they eventually bought a cable ready TV or got a digital box. The powered outlet is a nice feature for the older knob TVs. Most newer Tvs will not power back on by themselves. There was also a version of this box that did premium channels and pay-per-view back when it was all analog. Brings back memories of watching scrambled channels hoping the image would be stable for a few seconds
I actually had one of these years ago. The cable company took it back when they decided to go without set-top boxes unless necessary. This was before they had digital cable available.
I used to have one of those but I don't know where it went.
reddtsock 7 months ago
To avoid arousing suspicion among my non-tech savvy peers, I refer to these as "external analog cable tuners" because that's what they are. They really don't convert anything, they just act as a tuner or remote control for older TVs that didn't conform to the FCC's at the time new bandplan for cable TV.
MIKON8ERISBACK 7 months ago
I have a similar box. Maybe I'll make a video response someday.
pepsiru1es92 7 months ago
sadly but i have 1 of those boxes but it no longer recieves channels above chan 14 and higher as comcast has moved channels 14 and higher to digital only service
compwiz878 7 months ago
Time Warner Cable used to have boxes similar to this, but these are obsolete as they have some basic channels on the digital tier now to 'save bandwidth'. So even channels that could be tuned with cable-ready sets and boxes like this now are in the digital realm. Eventually, they will convert everything to digital and the only way to get programming is with a new TV or digital box. They do charge a rental fee.
CenTexVideo 8 months ago
I had one of these when I was young as well. I think I got that PRG button to work one time. Had something to do with programming the channels or something. AU, I have no idea what that button did. I don't think anyone does.
Bluetailvappy 9 months ago
These are pretty hard to find nowadays. Most people gave them back to the cable company when they eventually bought a cable ready TV or got a digital box. The powered outlet is a nice feature for the older knob TVs. Most newer Tvs will not power back on by themselves. There was also a version of this box that did premium channels and pay-per-view back when it was all analog. Brings back memories of watching scrambled channels hoping the image would be stable for a few seconds
spunker88 9 months ago
I actually had one of these years ago. The cable company took it back when they decided to go without set-top boxes unless necessary. This was before they had digital cable available.
tiger7577 9 months ago
I might have a remote for that box, I will look in the bin
BlueShepp 9 months ago
@james42519 maybe but i don't know what the limit is on them. don't want to over load it.
james42519 9 months ago