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4. Which cable converter is best for me? You have two choices when purchasing widescreen your cable equipment, a single-unit (one-piece) system or a system containing two units television and widescreen (two-piece). Combination box advantages: television and widescreen The television one-piece system is based on a combination of cable converter and a widescreen descrambler, installed in a single box. This unit is referred to as a combination unit. The pluses: Easy to hook up, Available in both generic or name brand , similar to systems used by cable companies. Separate component advantages: The two-piece systems is based on two separate units, A cable converter and a descrambler, that are connected together and function as one-piece system. The pluses: lower cost, components can be individually upgraded, and interchangeable components.

This holds true even if your cable box is purchased as a non-addressable non-detectable, widescreen and television and "bullet widescreen proof" unit. television 2. Are all cable converters alike? No. Prices can range from $15 to $400 depending on the quality and amount of features included widescreen in the equipment. Some companies offer to sell you a description of how you can television build (implied), with only 7 parts from radio shack, widescreen a converter. Some sell old converters that are barely in date and likely to be replaced by the cable companies by higher technological grades of equipment Some cable box sellers provide television systems that hardly provide any benefit to the purchaser where the quality of reception is poor, without recourse. State-of-the-art cable box companies will provide the most recent technology in a variety of packages tailored to fit the customer’s budget.

8. What is an addressable cable converter-descrambler? television This is a converter-descrambler that can be controlled by the cable company from their office location. Through remote coded messages sent via the cable system, the cable company can "address" the customers’ unit widescreen to begin descrambling selected premium or pay per view channels. An addressable unit allows the cable company to access your cable box to change the descrambling configuration television or program. This widescreen function provides the cable television company the ability to add or delete descrambling on the channels that come in through your cable line. A non-addressable unit does not provide the cable company access to the cable box program. The program remains stationary and is unchangeable. widescreen Both cable box designs have the potential of television receiving all channels, none or somewhere in between dependent on the box program.

17. What widescreen if my cable company upgrades or changes to a different television cable converter? All cable companies eventually upgrade-as technology progresses and new sources become available older equipment becomes obsolete. The fact is that cable companies do not change quickly or often. It is a huge expense for cable company to swap out all of its customers cable converters and replace them with brand new ones and upgrade the system to support the new scrambling methods. It usually takes a cable company a year or longer to complete an upgrade. Most cable companies upgrade every 10-15 years. We allow previous customers to trade in their old converters that they purchased from us for credit towards new equipment, providing that it is in good working condition. 18. What is the difference between filtering and scrambling?