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This TV will need a converter box. It was made in the days before the digital tuner was required on big TV sets.
Just remember the converter is only needed if you get off-the-air reception with an antenna for local channels. If you have cable or satellite and get your local channels that way, you don't have to do anything. The change to digital will not affect you.
If you are now using rabbit ears or an old worn-out outside antenna, you might think about upgrading your antenna when you get a converter box. Signal strength is very important with the new digital broadcasting. Too weak a signal means no picture at all or one that freezes up or turns blocky. The antenna that worked for analog may not be adequate for digital.
Are you useing rabbit ears? If so you may have to switch to an outdoor antenna to get those channels ( the digital signel is a better picture but the signel is not as wide as an analog signel so in most cases you will need an outdoor antenna!)
Also make sure your tv is in the antenna mode and not the cable mode!
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You Dont need one your set is HD. So when the switch happens you are good to go. The only TVs that are going to need converter boxes is those who do not have HD or only have antenna.
By law, as of March 1, 2007, almost all televisions should include a
built-in tuner (called HDTV, digital, or ATSC tuners) that can receive
high-definition programs over the air by simply connecting an antenna. Your HDTV doesn't have such a tuner, you'll need to connect an
external tuner (or cable or satellite box) to watch high-definition
programming. External over-the-air HDTV tuners currently cost at least
$150.
You may have to refer to the instruction manual for details.
There should be in the menu set-up an option to set the aspect ratio for the different broadcast modes. Normaly, when viewing a 4:3 picture on an HD 16:9 set, the sides will be cut off, otherwise the picture will be stretched or compensated.
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