tom: I guess that what you bought was an LCD monitor and not an actual TV. The characteristics of a TV is that it comes with a tuner as well as a dedicated remote for the screen allow you to change channels and fiddle with settings.
Homeboy, unless you're 2 years old, you should remember that HD tv's (LCDs, Plasma, etc), recently only came with an ATSC/NTSC tuner. The QAM tuner was only incorporated in high-end models. In the past 2 years or so, however, you're right, most HD TV's now come with a QAM tuner.
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tom: I guess that what you bought was an LCD monitor and not an actual TV. The characteristics of a TV is that it comes with a tuner as well as a dedicated remote for the screen allow you to change channels and fiddle with settings.
The TV i got was a Sony Bravia U series, it comes with HDMI, RGB, s-video. It has a universal remote to change channel on the cable box.
Homeboy, unless you're 2 years old, you should remember that HD tv's (LCDs, Plasma, etc), recently only came with an ATSC/NTSC tuner. The QAM tuner was only incorporated in high-end models. In the past 2 years or so, however, you're right, most HD TV's now come with a QAM tuner.