Unless of course you want to watch local television, in which case you would need a digital tuner. That is why the FCC requires the tuner. There were subsidized

Unless of course you want to watch local television, in which case you would need a digital tuner. That is why the FCC requires the tuner. There were subsidized coupons for tuner boxes when the switch was made, so that everyone and their grandparents could continue watching television. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't have the same kind of support.