An IR Blaster cable is a USB device. It creates a wireless, infrared connection between your cable box and the PC running beyond TV.
IR= Infrared Receiver/emiter= a technology used for wireless connection, so there is no cable for it because it uses infrared light usually invisible to the naked eye like your tv remote controller(your emiter) when you change channels you do not see the beam shooting in to your tv(your tv have the IR or Infrared Receiver).
An HDMI cable connects from the Bell cable box to the surround receiver and then to the TV.
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.
Sometimes a cable box malfunctions because of a power surge that consequently fries the box, unfortunately. Other times the cable box is not compatible with the TV.
An IR cable allows you to turn your computer into your t.v. It is needed in order to stream movies and shows from a digital conveter box to the computer for oyu to watch.
You unhook the connection from the cable box to the TV and connect it to the VCR input. You purchase a short cable and install it from the VCR output to where the cable was connected to the TV. The TV will get the cable box signal through the VCR with no problem when you are not using the VCR. If the cable box was connected to the surround sound or Home Theater and then the TV then connect the cable box to the VCR and then the surround sound or home theater.
Ask your cable company.
If you have a cable box, you can go to the menu and look at what each netwrok will have on their computer. If you do not have a cable box, go to the T.V. Guide channel.
A Cable box and TV are connected together through a RF cable.
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.
Because you need a cable box that delivers the signal in a format compatible with your TV. Call your cable company, explain the problem, make them send you out a cable box that will work. After all, you pay for Cable TV., right ?
Yes. The Direct TV hookup is the box alone, from the box can come a cable, HDMI and even Composite outputs.