A:AnswerIt comes with legs to stand on. You need either an antenna for local channels or a cable TV provider (with monthly charges) which will feed into one of the HDMI inputs to the TV to supply many channels. The TV does have a coax connector for use with an antenna or an older cable connection.
A:AnswerI too found setup a bit tricky at first. One end of my power cord got plugged into the cable box and the other end into the wall outlet. Hope this helps.