Does it? It says on the Amazon site that the DR570 has a QAM tuner.I ordered one and haven't opened the box because nowhere on the outside does it say anything about a QAM tuner only digital and analog.Is this a screw up on Amazons part?
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It has both a QAM tuner, used for digital cable tuning, and an ATSC tuner, for digital over-the-air antenna broadcasts. No it is not an Amazon screw-up. It is the mfg, if anyone, QAM is not on the box. Most people don't know or care what the technical name is for tuner types. They want to know if it is digital period. Another hidden piece of information; standard digital DVD players and recorders are not HD (high definition) 720 or 1080 resolution. They are SD (standard defintion) 480 only. DVDs that internally convert the 480 signal to fit an HDTV 16:9 wide screen is why you will see 1080p upconversion plastered all over DVD player boxes. No better picture(higher resolution) is gained in upconverted process. It is still a 480 lower quality standard definition picture. Only BlueRay Players/Recorders can play/record in true HD 1080i resolution. There are BlueRay recorders on the market now, but they are expensive and do not have HD Tuners I don't believe.
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There most certainly are antennas for HD and digital signals. Without one reception will be at best marginal and some signals you will not get. Scrambled QAM signals will not be unscrambled by the antenna alone but not all digital signals are scrambled. You will get more channels with an HD / Digital antenna. The TV you are looking at does have a QAM tuner as well as a NTSC/AIR antenna tuner.
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Not the same as you find in a HD radio but it uses RDS AF to pick up on digital data signal for same stations on different frq but not true HD radio like you find in cars or HD radio tuners.
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It cannot tune OTA (which uses 8VSB). It can do unencrypted QAM. Traditionally, you have had to insert a CableCard for the initial setup, then you could remove the card and continue getting ClearQAM channels. With newer firmware, it has been implied that you can setup for ClearQAM without a CableCard, but I'm not sure everyone has been successful.
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It will only work with channels that are not encrypted (a.k.a. clear QAM channels). Most paid channels are encrypted and thus will not work with this tuner.
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Sorry, no QAM tuner. Only ATSC and NTSC. The product manual for the L32F1120 is the same manual for this particular model. http://www.haieramerica.com/downloads/dl/file/id/258/l32f1120_manual.pdf
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The HDHomeRun can either receive clear Qam or ATSC over the air. If the output from your cable box, is a digital TV signal, clear Qam, output by 75 ohm cable, then it will only tune the channel the cable box is outputting. Hope this helps.
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it has a qam and off air hdtv tuner but only one or the other not 2 tuners that can be used at once but if you get a combiner then in reality i would think when u scan it will find both if thats ur question.. look on their website for the manual it should explain that because i no longer have it since its sold..
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Yes it does. No DTA converter box is required for this TV. I connected the TV to a cable connection, selected the auto tune feature and in a few minutes the TV had located all the channels. Selecting channels on the QAM tuner is confusing because you have to use the dash button on the remote. For example on some TV's 106.1 can be typed 1061 and the TV will find it. However on the Samsung you have to type 106-1. If that feature does not bother you it is a nice TV.
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Yes, you need a QAM tuner. If you have acable box you need at least a NTSC tuner for channel 3 or 4. For basic cable right out of the wall, you will need a QAM tuner. Does this TV have a QAM tuner?
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Sorry, I don't have any idea, in response to your question. I am very untechnological, just had to buy the hd radio over 3 years ago so that I could get my local classicalmusic station after they relocated their antenna to a different part of the city, making it impossible for listeners in some areas to get reception. Someone hooked it up to my regularradio for me so that I could get the station. Maybe you could contact the manufacturer or another source for technological questions.
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Yes, you can hook up a Digital converter box using HDMI or component cables. For me, it is the only way to get HDTV. There is NOT a QAM tuner in this model, so you will only get analog channels when you do the scan for channels. The term "digital" for this TV is misleading in my opinion.
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The Magnavox MDR537H/F7 will record on a recordable DVD or on the internal 1 TB hard drive. You can also copy from the hard drive to the DVD. High definition is down converted to standard definition. The DVR does not come with a QAM tuner. If you receive your signal by antenna or an ATSC cable signal, you should have no problem with the channels.
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I don't use the tuner as I get input from my DirecTV box. However, as I look at the specs, it has a PAL-BGH tuner. In you search wikipedia for this tuner, it appears to be analog not digital.
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Yes, it has a QAM tuner for unscrambled cable channels, as described in FAQ #5 and subsequent duscussion here (copy link text and paste in your browser's address window): http://www.avsforum.com/t/940657/magnavox-537-535-533-515-513-2160a-2160-2080-philips-3576-3575/120#post_12470932
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A QAM tuner is for digital cable NOT over the air broadcasts, almost all over the air broadcasts have gone to ATSC digital. This TV will accept UNENCRYPTED cable signals
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Dear B. Cameron There are at least two reasons why you might want a DVD recorder with a built in tuner. 1. In my case, I don't have a TV with a digital (ATSC) tuner. I have a 2003 HD television with an analog (NTSC) tuner, and I receive my TV signal over-the-air via an outdoor antenna. When the digital transition occurred earlier this year, I had a limited number of choices if I wanted to keep my current TV and free OTA set-up: I could buy a converter box and have the digital signal converted to analog for my TV; I could buy an external digital tuner; or I could buy a DVD player with a built in digital tuner and get the best possible picture with a DVD player/recorder thrown in to boot. I chose the last option and bought the Toshiba DR560. My set-up has some drawbacks... like, if the DVD player breaks I get no TV signal while it's in the shop, and I can't record one program and watch another at the same time; but over all I'm happy with it because it is just what I need and no more. If you have a similar set-up and have questions of a more specific nature, I'd be glad to respond. 2. The QAM tuner should allow you to receive and record unscrambled digital cable channels directly, without renting a set-top box. Cable providers don't advertise this, and some may even insist that it isn't true; but they are required by the FCC to provide rebroadcasts of locally broadcast programs in analog, or in unencrypted HD digital format, so that customers are not forced to rent their digital-to-analog set top boxes. You will only receive unscrambled signals of locally broadcast programs in this way, and these may vary from locale to locale. I do not have any personal experience with this set-up, but if you are interested, there is a more in depth description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner. There may be other advantages to having a tuner included in the DVD recorder/player, but I wouldn't know `cause I'm not that well versed in the technology. Hope this was helpful.