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The upcoming digital transition has many people confused. Daily television ads touting the upcoming digital transition say that cable and satellite TV subscribers will be just fine after the February 17, 2009 deadline, but is this really true? This article will explain what digital cable converter boxes are, how they interact with a digital television set, and whether or not cable subscribers need to go out and buy a special digital converter box.

What Are Digital Cable Converter Boxes

The vast majority of cable subscribers already own (or rent) one of these boxes from the cable company. They typically come in two forms, one which is purely a tuner for the television, taking the feed from the cable company and splitting it apart into the many different channels that the home user can view. The other type of digital cable converter box is often referred to as a digital video recorder or DVR. These boxes operate the same was as the others do, with the exception that they also provide the user with the ability to record programming to an internal hard drive for later viewing.