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I have read quite a bit on cable cards and cable boxes, even though I don't have or use one.

I agree with Alan that there can be differences between the many brands of cable boxes and cable cards because of the differences in tuners. Not all are created equal.

But, I have also seen many comments about poor picture quality that ended up being a function of wrong settings between the cable box and the TV. I would read the cable box instruction manual a couple of times and then "play" with the settings.

By the way, how are you connecting between the cable box and the TV?

If you want to use both a cable box and a cable card, all you need is a cable two-way splitter. One of the splitter ends goes to your cable box and then whatever connection from the cable bax to the TV. The other splitter end goes directly into your TV cable input.

All of this presumes that you have multiple inputs for your TV (cable, HDMI, component, etc.).