DVB-T vs. DVB-C Tuners: Comparing Terrestrial & Cable TV Reception Capabilities and Compatibility

There is one issue that interests me ...
You can buy a TV with a DVB-T tuner but without DVB-C (let's skip MPEG2 / 4 decoding completely) - to receive digital terrestrial TV. You can also buy a DVB-C tuner (usually as a "set-top box") - if you want to receive a signal from a digital cable TV on an old TV set ...

But How will a DVB-C set-top box connected to a terrestrial antenna (directed at a transmitter with DVB-T broadcasting) behave and vice versa: how will a DVB-T tuner connected to a digital cable TV with DVB-C signal behave?

Is there any chance of any pickup at all?
Or is it just about the bandwidth differences that the heads of these tuners can pick up? - I am writing this because ... is there any similarity to analog TV, where some channels can only be found in the cable, and others both in the cable and in the air?
So Will it be a complete failure, or maybe ... the DVB-C tuner can handle terrestrial without any problem, but DVB-T will only receive some channels from the cable?

Of course, I know that there are TV sets with both tuners (or also with an analog one). My questions are purely theoretical. There is no digital broadcasting in my region yet, only the local cable TV started testing with DVB-C - I just don't have anyone to ask about it, maybe some of you will know.
thanks for the answers

DVB-T is digital terrestrial television. Not wired.
Conversely: DVB-C is digital cable TV.
Technologies differ in the way data is transferred, so the answer to the first question: It will not do anything. It just won't find the programs. In both cases. Well, unless you have such a strong DVB-T signal that a standard cable will be a sufficient antenna .. but that's not what you meant. If you want, invest in a TV with both tuners. As far as I know, they are inexpensive Samsung .. with both tuners.

as above it will not work.

diesel engine does not run on gasoline

Approx. Although I do not feel fully convinced . Because I know that C = cable, T = terrestial, so it's kind of obvious. But what are the technical differences? Maybe completely different frequencies, or some other modulation? ... - that's what I mean.

In analog, when cable cables started to come in, people massively gave TV to services for rework (head replacement?) So that it would receive the entire bandwidth. In the case of DVB tuners, could it also boil down to such a thing?
The fact that this is a relatively new topic in Poland, but maybe some of the practitioners will have their say?

Of course, I am still asking only theoretically. I do not intend to buy any TV in the near future, let alone rediscover electricity (making some modifications).

Don't overdo it.

I mean the characteristic distinguishing features of DVB-C and DVB-T systems.
There is a lot of descriptions of DVB-S technology, because it is quite old. Everyone knows there is a converter or a DiSEqC. The mere fact that the IF range is higher than that of terrestrial TV disqualifies this equipment from DVB-C and DVB-T. But what's the difference between -C and -T? As you know, say it.

Defines what signal the decoder can receive. Col. Imp wrote it clearly.

So: what are the differences between DVB-C and DVB-T signal? Putting aside the fact that -C is in the cable and -T is in the ether.

Don't treat me to a moron. Your answers are of no use, you tell me the obvious, and I'm asking something else.

Wikipedia. Regulations p.14, 16. Possibly Beginner Science section.

Analog cable probably works like regular analog TV.
Therefore, it was enough to change the reception frequencies and you could catch after tuning. As far as I understood correctly ..

For DVB-T you have OFDM modulation
For DVB-C you have QAM modulation.

What will cable networks do now? After all, they have a lot of users of the basic package (1,2,3 POLSAT TVN), etc. It follows that when they switch to DVB-C, they will have to either give people a set-top-box + card or figure out something to make it go for DVB-T. Providing a DVB-C signal with a standard package does not make sense and exposes to break the key (DVB-C only flashes with the decoding card, which would soon be broken in the event of no decoder-card pairing).

Most of the cable cables have already done this subscribers received DVB-C terminals

I will ask you with a similar question. Namely, he plans to buy a Hyundai MBox R3150s DVR player http://www.apex24.pl/go/_info/?id=19336&partn...5252525&code=b965da1e366cf8a6a16fea97420cd885. I would like it to function as a digital video recorder. The TV signal I have available is only cable TV that broadcasts in DVB-C (probably analogue too). In the description of this device it says "TV tuner with recording (digital, DVB-T, MPEG-4)" And hence the question whether I will be able to record programs from cable TV? I already found out what is DVB-T and MPEG-4 encoding, but the word "digital" in the description is very general
PS. The equipment will be used in Poland.

DVB-T = digital terrestrial television
DVB-C = Digital Cable TV
If you connect this DVB-T player, you will NOT receive and record the digital cable channels on it.

I have a TV with an mpeg-4 digital tuner, after connecting to the cable (INEA), I scanned the band in "cable" mode and found all the programs that the STB receives. Of course the channels were encrypted but the basic ones were unlocked and you could watch them normally (tvp1, tvp2 etc).

Both DVB-T and DVB-C can be played by cable,
usually tvk chooses dvb-c because you can code programs and play with packages, etc., for example, we have everything done in dvb-t by tvk, which just decided not to wait anymore for the digital terrestrial and everything flashes great

And as it is with this DVB-C reception, just like "TarzaN" I scanned the cable band, I caught 64 digital TV channels, of which 3 I receive as unencrypted, do I need a decoder-settopbox with a card to further decode, or is it enough to let the cable signal on my address and I will have the rest of the channels decoded for the right price. Do I have to have a module and a card that I put on the side of the TV?

lpm11 wrote:

Analog cable probably works like regular analog TV.
Therefore, it was enough to change the reception frequencies and you could catch after tuning. As far as I understood correctly ..

For DVB-T you have OFDM modulation
For DVB-C you have QAM modulation.

DVB-T also has QAM transmitted over OFDM and DVB-C has QAM transmitted on a single carrier.

So if you have, for example, TV only with DVB-T, nothing will catch on the cable, will you be able to watch some basic package?
For example, whether such a monitor http://www.ceneo.pl/7766107 has DVB-C or not because I can't read anywhere.
This is a quote from the lg website "TV tuner for analog and digital (MPEG4) reception in Full HD resolution."
The manual also includes "DIGITAL CABLE SETTINGS" but the specific standards are not mentioned

Koolo wrote:

So if you have, for example, TV only with DVB-T, nothing will catch on the cable, will you be able to watch some basic package?
Is, for example, such a monitor http://www.ceneo.pl/7766107 has DVB-C or not because I can't read anywhere

Theoretically, DVB-C is "simpler" than DVB-T, but the transmission standard is still different, so it also requires a different software. On the other hand, check if your cable TV does not transmit DVB-T digit, because then there is no problem. If they do not provide decoders, it probably is. I do not see that this monitor supports any digital TV standard, it only has an analog TV tuner (at least that's what the description says).

Hello, I am green in the subject and I have an important matter. Currently I have analog TV on cable and I'm going to take a bigger digital package etc. I have a LG 47 '5000 TV set and from what I read it has DVB-T. I would rather take a CAM card instead of a decoder because it comes out cheaper and now the question is because from what I know, this CAM card is only for DVB-C and would everything work normally or if my TV only has DVB-T, I have to take a decoder?

Kajdano wrote:

I would rather take a CAM card instead of a decoder because it is cheaper

If cable TV broadcasts in DVB-C, you need both a decoder and a CAM card.