we recommend one piece units. it has been our experience that one piece units work better to replace your cable company’s converter than a 2-piece unit. although cable 2-piece units tend to be less expensive, they tend to work less efficiently as well. as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for! " additionally, our 1-piece units cost less than other companies’ 2-piece units. 5. what is a cable converter / descrambler? box an electronic tuning device that transposes all available scientific channels from the cable company into either channel 3 or channel 4. a cable converter is simply a "channel changer" that cannot by itself descramble encoded premium channels. it allows you to receive all basic channels if your tv is not the cable ready type.

we recommend one piece units. it has been our experience that one piece units work better to replace your cable company’s converter than a 2-piece unit. although cable 2-piece units tend to be less expensive, they tend to work less efficiently as well. as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for! " additionally, our 1-piece units cost less than other companies’ 2-piece units. 5. what is a cable converter / descrambler? box an electronic tuning device that transposes all available scientific channels from the cable company into either channel 3 or channel 4. a cable converter is simply a "channel changer" that cannot by itself descramble encoded premium channels. it allows you to receive all basic channels if your tv is not the cable ready type.