Is anyone having trouble getting your Digital converter box to work with old sets?

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

There are no 'over the air' channels, if that's what you mean by "OTA."

Are we talking a ATSC to NTSC converter box or a Digital Cable Converter box?

Here, Cox Communications muddied the Digital Transition with an all-out advertising campaign for "convert to digital - upgrade your cable service" kinda ads. They were referring to upgrading the QAM boxes to their digital (read:HDTV) service. Half the folks on cable thought the ATSC to NTSC boxes WERE the ones Cox was talking about, and bought them in stores. I got one of my Zeniths for cheap from a lady that experienced that very confusion.

The Motorola (Cable) Digital HDTV Boxes are noisy. I get moire/co-channel lines on my RCA roundie (CH3 or 4) unless that sucker is standing on edge (and presumably radiating in the horizontal plane above the set's cabinet).

I'm not assailing the OP's intelligence - just wondering what converter he's referring to, given there are "no 'over the air' channels.

Cheers,