Do I have to buy a dtv for every television in my house?

Question

I do not have cable,

and in my household we have three tv.

Which all uses antena, and in Feb. 2009

antena will no longer work. So I am wondering

do I buy a digital box converter for every tv or just

one per household for all the tv?

Answer 1

You could probably split the signal into two or three ways. This might alter the picture quality. If not then I would wait a few more months until these digital tuners become cheaper. The Philips HDTV tuner sells for about $30 at walmart Here is the link:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d...

Answer 2

for all three

Answer 3

I'm afraid I don't have good news for you.  Every converter I've looked at supports only one output device (read as one TV).  It may be possible to "split" the signal coming out of the DTV converter to all of your TV's, but there may be some degradation in the signal quality and that may result in poor picture quality.  Keep in mind the government is offering $40 dollar coupons towards the purchase of a DTV converter box.  Walmart has one for 49.95, which means you only have to pay 9.95 out of pocket.  The details to the $40 dollar coupon is here:

www.dtv2009.gov

On the website you will have to apply for a coupon and you can only apply for 2 max at a time.  If you have someone else in your household, it may be possible for them to apply for the third coupon.

Hope this helps you and good luck!

Answer 4

If they're analog and you don't have tv's with digital tuners already then you need the a to d converter for all of them.