What's needed to use it as a standalone TV? I have digital cable (with a cable box), so what else do I need to use this as a TV?
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You would need nothing to use it as a stand alone HDTV. If you look at the photos of the inputs, you'll see an ANTENNA/CABLE input. Just screw your cable from the cable box into this input and your good to go.
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You have to put it in HDMI-for use as a computer monitor.Other HDMI inputs,won't work.Check your tv,owner manual,on input devices.Another thing is,is that you hook everything up,before you turn on your computer,otherwise it will show wrong format,on your tv screen.
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In the box is a pair of RCA plugs for an analog TV plus an optical connector for digital. Use whichever one is compatible to your TV.
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You must have a cable box to use this tv. A router would not work either . This is a transmit and receive System. It must have a video input for the transmitter.
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Use a mini hdmi to hdmi cable (or mini hdmi to hdmi adapter if you have an hdmi cable). The tv must have an hdmi input.
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Digital cable will not work. If your cable provider offers analog cable (that does not require a box), this should work fine. Just make sure that in the settings you tell it to look for "Cable" not "Air". Many cable companies no longer offer this service.
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I don't have cable tv, so I really don't know what kind of connection is needed for a cable box, so I can't answer the question -- sorry!
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Seems like a conversion box will still be needed...television stations have converted to digital signals (used to be analog) and the old TV's cannot view the digital signals without a conversion box
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you need to set it up like a big tv. cable or sat. the usual things you need to set the tv.
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I Have not used it as a TV however it has an HDMI/DVI port that could be used to connect cable box to TV use. It does NOT have a Coaxial Cable connect.
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It comes with a digital optical cable. If your TV comes with a optical audio output connection then that's all you need.
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Ok, that's good to know; but not having a cable box sucks. I should probably do a VCR setup as someone else suggested.
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It requires a cable/satellite box for viewing over the air content. There is no built in tuner.
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the TV works with coax cable but requires some sort of converter to get a digital signal - preferraly an HD signal. Without a great signal you will not get a great picture. A mediocre/poor signal may look worse when it is expanded to a 65" screen
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This is not a tv tunner/receiver, this is a micro computer, the included hdmi cable is used to plug the raspberry to a monitor in order to work with the graphical interface, so technically, you don't get any channel, and no, it can't be hooked to a cable company. If you want to use it play multimedia, you can do it from a usb drive or playing on line media.Cheers :)
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Don't know we just set it up for the tv, don't need a cable box it's only basic cable. Sorry.
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What kind of cable? A cable tv box should have output connections. I would suggest using HDMI to get the best picture.