Talk:QAM tuner

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QAM tuner is a feature of some HDTV hardware. QAM tuner seems to be the digital cable equivalent of the ATSC tuner, bringing in high-definition television signal over the cable instead of over-the-air. See [1], [2], [3]. This Wikipedia article should be renamed so that the T in tuner is lowercase.—204.42.17.145 09:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some info from sources

Home Theater: How Federal Regulations Affect the Products You Install - Residential Systems (Jul 8, 2004)

  • "'ATSC' tuning [...] gets you the local, over-the-air HD signals, but not anything from a cable hook-up. The key there is to look for sets that have “QAM” tuners built-in. That lets the set deal with digital cable signals."
  • "Remember that a QAM tuner alone, without a CableCard, will only allow reception of “in the clear” digital cable channels[...]"

Does Your Next Video Display Need to Have a QAM Tuner? - Home Theater & Sound (February 2004)

  • "QAM stands for "quadrature amplitude modulation," the format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable. [..] The FCC recently issued a ruling requiring all cable providers to use the same QAM scheme; the tuners beginning to appear in home video displays now use this scheme."

LCD Terms & Definition - Sceptre.com

  • "With the QAM tuner, users can connect their cable directly to their TV and watch any digital and/or HD cable station that is not encrypted. Integrated QAM tuner allows free reception of unscrambled digital cable programming offered by certain cable providers. "

—204.42.20.33 02:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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