ACES Transition Plans
Updated August 29. 2012
TURNING OFF ANALOG
We expect to turn off all analog signals after the end of the current school year. If you do not have a digital tuner, we STRONGLY encourage you to get one soon (see below). With a digital tuner, you can get far more content for no additional charge. Click here to see our current channel lineup.
WE'RE DIGITAL
We have completed the process of migrating to a digital delivery system. This gives us the ability to provide more content to you with a better picture.
DO YOU NEED A CONVERTER BOX?
Most TV's sold in the last 5 years have digital tuners. If your TV supports "Clear QAM", no converter box is needed. Most older TV's will need a converter box to work on our cable system. The $40-$60 converter boxes sold in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Radio Shack etc. WILL NOT WORK as they do not support Clear QAM. They were required by federal law to work with antenna signals only so they do not support digital cable TV signals.
If you wish to order a basic converter box online, here is one that we have tested and that works well on our cable system. The remote control is difficult to use but this $45 device is the best "inexpensive" (less than $100) converter box that we have found: