Comcast in my area has gone digital...all TV’s must have an “digital adapter” or cable box now...no more “basic” (ch. 1-99) on just the coax anymore (in Comcast/Infinity “upgraded” areas). AT&T U-Verse (& Fios?) can use existing coax (your leftover cable TV coax) as an Ethernet network to distribute IP TV signals to each TV and box. Or they can use Cat 5/6 cable (best). Each install will vary in quality due to the installer...I told mine to “go away” after he tried an “all coax” install (poor “home run” signal quality) and ran my own (neat) Cat 5e cable “home run” to the “NID” (phone box on the side of the house).
Yeah .. I have that ‘adapter’ device on my upstairs tv.
It connects to the cable out coming from the wall and ‘de-scrambles’ the signal but there is still the basic feed that I had before it went digital.
Will it be similar with fios?