Quote:
Originally posted by dc_chef
One thing that I would like is to be able to use digital cable, but to avoid using being tied to the digital converter box and its remote. I think that some newer tvs allow you to use their remotes for digital cable; is there a feature that allows this option?
|
Pretty sure you won't find much that can do this. Some cos. are working on a tuner/decoder that will use a standarized card (a la satellite dishes) in place of the cable box, but from what I understand it's a) a couple years off and b) if available, has only limited acceptance so far. So, what you'd need is a tv that has an IR blaster to change the channels on the cable box. After all, if you're using digital cable, the tuner is the cable box, not the tv.
what baltassoc says is probably the best approach. get a universal remote, or a tv with a programmable remote, so you can program it to change the cable box channels.
