janeilson,
Page 7 of the manual (downloadable from the support portion of samsung.com) lists that it has the ability to unscramble cable signals without a box (QAM) and will have an ATSC Tuner.
QAM will unscramble cable channels, although this is primarily up to the cable companies which HD channels will be unscrambled. There varies from region to region.
ATSC is the new HD transmission format that will take over when the digital transition is put in place and the old one (NTSC) will drop off.
Hope that helps, and thanks for considering Samsung.
--HDTech
Hello - my son is interested in the Samsung LN32A330 at Walmart, but I am not able to confirm by specs listed on the site or even on Samsung's site if this model has a QAM tuner. I believe we need a QAM tuner to pick up local HD channels without another set top box from Time Warner (Orange County CA). The Vizios list ATSC/QAM in their specs, but the Samsung does not. Does anyone know if the Samsung has the QAM tuner?
I'm thinking maybe all the sets with digital tuners have QAM, and maybe they just don't list it anymore. But I want to be sure before making a purchase.
Thanks.

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