Does a TV Converter Box accept basic cable?

Question

I had stolen cable, but time warner cable cut it off, i was thinking of putting it back but i bought some converter boxes for the antenna. The image looks awesome, and i like it. Then i was thinking of putting the cable back and connecting it to the converter box, will it still work ,and watch cable digital and better image?

Answer 1

Yes but it won't look any better because basic cable is still SD.

Answer 2

If you mean the type of converters that the government is handing out $40 off coupons for, no it will not work.

When the government wrote up the specs for the coupon program they made sure they would not work with cable systems.

Answer 3

ya

Answer 4

Cable does not transmit their digital content using ATSC, which is what coupon-eligible boxes recognize. Cable uses what is known as Open QAM to deliver their digital TV content. So what you propose won't work.