QAM is supposed to refer to unencrypted (unscrambled) digital channel reception without a decoder box. However the image quality of those digital channels will vary from cable company to cable company. All cable companies are compressing the digital & digital hd channles they send to their customers and many of them are sending a blend of analog and digital together, few subscribers realize this.
The cleanest digital image quality one can find is Over-The Air using a tradtional UHF antenna mounted outside your home.
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QAM is supposed to refer to unencrypted (unscrambled) digital channel reception without a decoder box.
However the image quality of those digital channels will vary from cable company to cable company. All cable companies are compressing the digital & digital hd channles they send to their customers and many of them are sending a blend of analog and digital together, few subscribers realize this.
The cleanest digital image quality one can find is Over-The Air using a tradtional UHF antenna mounted outside your home.