They should provide two-piece systems, refurbished RAN baseband boxes in conjunction with the latest tech versions. Of course, you get what you pay for. But there are reasonable values out there. 3. Do you need a cable converter if you have the cable company box, VCR or a cable-ready TV?Yes you do. In order to establish a non- addressable system, it is essential to have a cable converter. A cable ready TV, VCR and a Cable Company box do not provide for this feature and in not doing so, cannot replace a cable converter. You must have a converter to use a descrambler. This is especially true if you desire a converter / descrambler that cannot be altered or addressed by your cable company.

9. Cable terms: Basic cable, Premium cable, Pay-Per-View yamaha sound services? basic cable service: the least expensive cable sound service provided yamaha by cable companies to their customers. this service usually includes local tv channels which can be received directly from the broadcast signal of the tv stations. premium cable service: additional programming service provided by the cable company to subscribing customers. the extra fee for such additional service may be based on per channel, per group of channels , or any other combination of channels. pay per view: selected channels that offer movies and special events such sound as sports or adult entertainment, for an additional fee, on a per movie or per program basis. a special "addressable " cable converter is furnished by the cable company to subscribers of this service.

we recommend one piece units. it has been our experience that one piece units work better to replace your cable company’s converter than a 2-piece unit. although 2-piece units tend to be less yamaha expensive, they tend to work less efficiently as well. as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for! " additionally, our sound 1-piece units cost less than other companies’ 2-piece units. 5. what is a cable converter / descrambler? an electronic tuning device that transposes all available channels from the cable company into either channel 3 or channel 4. a cable converter is simply a yamaha "channel changer" that cannot by itself descramble encoded premium channels. sound it allows you to receive all basic channels if your tv is not the cable ready type.