A signal is sent through the cable at a much higher frequency than regular cable. Additional data is sent in this signal to support the original audio and video signals to ensure that they are received in much better quality than analog signals. This additional data and the type of signal sent is what allows the quality to be so much better than older analog signals.
All digital TV's will natively support digital cable, but most CRT TV's will not.
IO digital cable is not an AV cable, but it is the former name of digital cable television now called Optimum TV. It is a service offered by Cablevision in the New York vicinity.
Older TV can receive digital cable although they may not display in HD
Yes and depending on your television (if it is digital or not) after 2009 as well
A Motorola digital cable box is used to changed an analog television to digital viewing. The cable box needs to be connected to a receiver such as a roof antenna and then to the television. The television then has to scan the box to locate signals that it can receive.
In august of 2011 local Canadien television will be switching from local over the air cable to digital cable. The best way for one to obtain a digital tv box would be to contact a local cable or satellite provider in the area you are located and request a digital tv box.
The difference between digital cable TV and regular cable TV is the quality of the video stream that is being presented on the TV screen. A digital cable will provide a better quality picture, usually with a larger framerate and bitrate and as such these will look better on a larger TV.
If his TV is cable ready and your cable company offers basic cable with out a cable box then just use a cable rated splitter and run the cable to his TV without a box he will only get basic and probably advanced basic. You need a cable box or a TV with a built in decoder to get digital signals.
Yes
I use LG and it works fine. For Time Warner Cable, LG code 1178 to be specific.
It does have a digital tuner built in. This LCD TV has a built in digital tuner,so you can receive all digital broadcast.
RG-6 Quad