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... maybe buy a great little amplified antenna and receiver higher quality over the air signals?
Depends on what you watch.
I watch very little TV, and over-the-air channels suit my needs. I have a digital antenna inside the roof. {No climbing ladders for me!} It gives a fine picture.
May 5, 2015 they are going all-digital, so now I have to weigh price difference between their $2.75 a month adapter and a cable box.
Thanks for posting. I won't get a letter because I'm not a cable subscriber, but I've still been able to get basic channels by connecting directly to the wall. Time to invest in a good antenna.
I am TWC subscriber and have small TV's in four rooms. Requiring a digital adapter at $2.75 for each set represents a pretty stiff increase in monthly fees. Further, it appears that each digital adapter requires its own electrical outlet - in addition to the outlet needed to run the tv! Seems like a lot of wires and clutter.
Is this move to mandatory digital adapters covered by any regulatory oversight? Who would I contact to lodge a protest? (I've already complained to TWC).
Thanks for posting. I won't get a letter because I'm not a cable subscriber, but I've still been able to get basic channels by connecting directly to the wall. Time to invest in a good antenna.
Don't be swayed by higher price = means better antenna.
Check reviews of same on Amazon.
Like HDMI cables, they are often marked way up and sold where TVs are sold as a high-profit add-on.
Don't be swayed by "digital" antenna; they receive all types of signals and modulations.
I am TWC subscriber and have small TV's in four rooms. Requiring a digital adapter at $2.75 for each set represents a pretty stiff increase in monthly fees. Further, it appears that each digital adapter requires its own electrical outlet - in addition to the outlet needed to run the tv! Seems like a lot of wires and clutter.
Is this move to mandatory digital adapters covered by any regulatory oversight? Who would I contact to lodge a protest? (I've already complained to TWC).
I have always rented my modem but this may be a changing point. In the past any problem and blame it on them.
I posted this earlier, but for some reason it did not show up.
You can buy Cisco 170HD DTAs on eBay. I had one of mine die and TWC replaced it with a 270. I'm not sure what the difference is. They look the same.
I bought my own modem so avoid the rental fee. The modem paid for itself in 8 months.
When I received the robocall last week regarding the digital converters the person I spoke to at TWC advised the only adapters that TWC will allow are the ones rented from TWC and no user owned adapters will be activated. I am hoping this is not true but it is what I was told.
I went through this with Comcast about 5 years ago in NJ. Once they go full digital and encrypt the signal, you have to get the DTA adapters from your cable provider (one per TV) and they have to be activated to work with your account. You can't buy them yourself off of Ebay or anywhere else so there's no avoiding the rental fees like with the cable modem.
Currently I have "starter TV" (used to be called "broadcast TV"), for which they're charging me $18.99 per month plus a $2.75 "Broadcast TV Surcharge". I'm just looking for an excuse to dump it and go to over-the-air TV with an antenna and when they go full-digital and force us to rent DTAs, I'm going cut the cord. I'll get one of those attic-mount HD antennas and connect it into my whole-house cable wiring.
The OP is talking about digital TV adapters, not modems.
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