Those TVs could display an HD signal, but didn’t actually have a digital tuner in them. Nowadays all TVs come with one, so [Craig] found his old converter box was just gathering dust.

MULTIPLE DIGITAL TV STANDARD: Supports DVB-S2X/S2/S/T2/T/C2/C/ISDB-T, four RF IN is independent with each other, with this multi-standard TV tuner card, a switchover ...

If, however, your TV uses an antenna and does not have a digital tuner, you will need to either purchase a converter box or subscribe to a pay TV service to continue using the same TV set.

This satellite tuner is a direct-conversion (zero IF) receiver for digital TV Broadcasting. On the RF input, there is a variable gain, low-noise amplifier (VGLNA). The RF gain is monitored by an ...