The only way you can get the Digital Signal & have a good picture is if you buy a TV with built-in QAM tuner, which allows you to connect your in-coming cable(digital) to the back of the TV, without the need for a set-top box.ut your TV has no idea what to do with them. Your TV is analog only-it can display unscrambled analog channels over the raw cable, but that's it. So you need the cable company's box to decode and unscramble the digital signals.
Panic not a cause: Scintillating scotomas are most commonly caused by cortical spreading depression, a pattern of changes in the behavior of nerves in the brain during a migraine. Panic is not on the list of causes on any source i found. The first sentence is from the wikipedia article on scintillating scotomata.
Medical Definition of SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA. : a blind spot in the visual field that is bordered by shimmering or flashing light and that is often a premonitory symptom of migraine attack. a blind spot in the visual field that is bordered by shimmering or flashing light and that is often a premonitory symptom of migraine attack.