# What's the best way to get network tv without cable?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-get-network-tv-without-cable/571107 "2011-02-12T05:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-get-network-tv-without-cable/571107/21 "2014-08-05T03:23:02Z")

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if your flat screen tv was made in the past 7 years it has a digital tuner. all you need is an antenna.

do you have a tv or just a display?

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-get-network-tv-without-cable/571107/22 "2014-08-05T12:15:30Z")

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> [@RandMcnally](#):
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> What I use for my main tv now is really just a big monitor. It’s a Sabre and I connect my cable by component wires.

Go on ebay or amazon marketplace and buy a used Tivo Series 3.

First, any rational person who doesn’t want to be a slave to the TV schedule needs a DVR.

Second, the Tivo will serve as your converter box.

Third, the Series 3 still came with component outputs, so you will be able to watch TV in high def.

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-get-network-tv-without-cable/571107/23 "2014-08-05T12:22:05Z")

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> [@johnpost](#):
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> if your flat screen tv was made in the past 7 years it has a digital tuner. all you need is an antenna.
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> do you have a tv or just a display?

The OP already said it’s a monitor. Twice.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-get-network-tv-without-cable/571107/24 "2014-08-05T15:47:52Z")

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zombie or no

> [@johnpost](#):
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> if your flat screen tv was made in the past 7 years it has a digital tuner. all you need is an antenna.
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> do you have a tv or just a display?

> [@kayT](#):
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> The OP already said it’s a monitor. Twice.

i was asking the zombie rebirth poster in #20. i should have quoted that message.

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