Does the antenna take the place of a cable box? do you need a cable box?
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The antenna is for the times you want to take the television with you. (Camping, Road Trips, the Park) Remember this is a small antenna in comparison the the old ones we used to have on our homes before cable so don't count on great reception. When you are home you can remove the antenna and connect your cable box to get all your channels.
813974
the antenna is supposed to wireless pick up the satellite's or cable box's signal. i even tried to screw in the cable directly to the antennas input, but no luck.i as well tried connecting it directly to a video game console [AV OUTPUT, AND RV...NO LUCK!] the most i was able to do with this tv is get a power signal, and discover the remote and power connect normally; but nothing else is as simple.defiantly would advise you to stay away from this tv. you will not get your moneys worth, and it will just sit on your shelf.
970739
I'm an Old School holdout. Never had cable, never will. There's enough on broadcast TV to distract me from real life. Odd you should ask this question. To answer, YES. I had an old giant CRT running off an Insignia DTV box without any problems right up to the day the tuner in the TV went belly up. I retained the DTV box to feed my VCR (Yes, I still have several of those) and added the Vizio with a splitter. The Vizio did not like this arrangement and refused to accept some channels. I finally had to feed the Vizio from another antenna outlet across the room. This solved the problem (mostly) but I have an annoying coax cable running through the bedroom. Depending on the weather the picture and sound will break up at times. If it really gets unbearable I watch the programming through the DTV box that far outperforms the Vizio direct tuner. Unfortunately this arrangement only allows a reduced screen and fuzzy captions. In my opinion the tuner capture capability of the Vizio is borderline and a real disappointment. I'm running a roof mount antenna in a suburban area.
1597848
yes, there is an included IR transmitter you need to attach to your cable box.
749361
It will receive cable signals without the box. The tuner will work excellent on the HD channels and okay on the others
1569642
I had to use a directional antenna to get my local channels. I live 15 miles from the TV tower. I never used this TV on cable.
120011
The power comes through the coaxial cable. . There is no extra power needed to the antenna. The box inside the however, has to be connected to a power outlet.
1153718
I'm using DirecTV with mine so I'm not sure if you'll require an antenna to receive the local channel feed.
730567
To answer the questions as asked, Yes, an antenna is needed. No, It does NOT come w/ antenna.
282400
Yes, all you need is a rabbit ear antenna, or an old-style UHF antenna, or something more modern (coax cable input). It really pulls in the stations, but the placement of the antenna may need adjustment for some stations.
293503
Antenna yes. Converter box, no. This TV is digital-ready so the converter box is unnecessary. That's true of all TV's currently on the market.
1503563
You can use any antenna you want to. The box takes a coaxial cable as input. Use an indoor or outdoor type. Perhaps a Mohu Leaf, either amplified or not.
92279
If you are referring to a cable or satellite box, then yes (if you want to receive a digital signal). If not, then no (your antenna should suffice). However, you can download streaming apps directly to the TV if you have either a wired or wireless internet connection.
62212
It replaces the cable box that you have hooked up to the cable going into the tv. However, it does not give you all the channels that a cable box does, it only gives you the locals like fox, nbc, cbs. These vary from city to city so you may have more than other people in other towns.
1229593
Hello Michael,Don't know, sorry. I left cable and replaced with antenna reception. Tired of paying for commercials and trash.
2012557
Sorry I was gone for 5 days....just got back. I bought the RCA antenna and love it; I just checked all the reviews and I paid more for the RCA but wanted it to be easy to install and work great and it does! I'm not an electric person so I don't know about antenna's--I just went by the reviews. And yes you need an antenna with the converter box if it's not hooked up to cable or you won't get any reception. Pam
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If you have ever had a cable or satellite company connect their wire/cable/coaxial to your device to provide you with viewing content, your device has a digital tuner and all you need to do is connect the antenna the same way the commercial companies connected to your television. If you have only used "rabbit ears" antenna you will need a converter box.
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No. We purchased the coax cable separately. It did greatly improve our reception and picture quality.