I’m looking to buy an LCD TV, but in red and bold on the website in which he mentions: “Note: tuner not included.” What does this mean?
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#1 by Jason K on April 23, 2010 - 12:13 pm
mean’s dont buy it, it was built for computers.
#2 by TROUBLE on April 23, 2010 - 1:05 pm
it means it a monitor and not a tv
#3 by CooCoo on April 23, 2010 - 1:24 pm
means you can’t watch nothing unless you buy a external tuner, like a cable box, vcr, or satellite dish
#4 by Lukester on April 23, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Yeah, I wouldn’t buy a tv like that, especially from a website. Having no tuner means that the television would not be able to recieve over the air analog or digital broadcasts. This would require a seperate box (source) in order to watch tv. A satellite or digital cable box would be all you need but you would not be able to watch over the air (free) HD.
#5 by Broadcast Engineer on April 23, 2010 - 3:07 pm
Answers above saying you need an external tuner for antenna, cable or satellite viewing are all correct.
This monitor was made to be cheaper because the manufacturer knew many people would use it with cable or satellite boxes and because the manufacturer did not want to pay the royalty fee for the digital tuner (at least the ATSC tuner in the US digital and digital HDTV sets has a royalty associated with its use in a set).
#6 by TV TECH-man® on April 23, 2010 - 3:40 pm
This means you should have EITHER a Cable box, a Satellite box or a VCR that has a working tuner in it…..
Or you can get something like a Samsung ATSC terrestrial reciever so you can enjoy your local TV stations in HD….
#7 by ??? on April 23, 2010 - 4:20 pm
It means that you will not be able to pick up over-the-air broadcasts. If you normally use cable or satellite, this is not an issue.