Atlona AT-HD560 Pal HDMI to NTSC HDMI Converter

by Atlona

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 24 x 14 x 6 inches ; 13.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0011MOVN8
• Item model number: AT-HD560
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #59 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Components > KVM Switches
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 2, 2008

Product Description

Atlona AT-HD560 is an advanced HDMI to HDMI Scaler Box. It accepts HDMI input with a separate Toslink or analog audio and scale it to HDMI output (at a number of selectable resolutions and frequencies) with additional Toslink and analog audio output.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works, January 27, 2010

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Markus Dressel (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlona AT-HD560 Pal HDMI to NTSC HDMI Converter (Electronics)

I originally made the mistake of assuming that an HD satellite box in Europe (Sweden) would on my Samsung 52" HD TV from the U.S. Wouldn't it be nice if HD was just HD? I guess the refresh rate is different or the base resolution of the HD box is 576 or something like that but ultimately they weren't able to talk to each other.

So I had one of these converters sent to me and it solved the problem. Installation involved nothing more than connecting HDMI cables to the input and output and plugging it in. Hi-def channels look great and Standard Def channels look as mediocre as they always have.

The unit includes a transformer for all power sources (110-240v, 50/60hz) plus 4 plug adapters for use in the U.S., U.K., the European mainland and one that I think is for China/Australia (with 2 angled, flat prongs). The unit is also pretty small at about 6"x4"x1".

Overall, I'm very satisfied with this little converter.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, April 9, 2009

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Abrey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlona AT-HD560 Pal HDMI to NTSC HDMI Converter (Electronics)

We live overseas and brought our US televisions with us. Of course PAL video doesn't display on our TV so we bought the Altona HDMI converter box. It's easy to hook up. We plugged our cable box to the Altona converter and out to our TV. The picture and sound doesn't lose any quality at all. You can also easily use it if you had a DVD player you bought overseas. Great product.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good!, May 13, 2010

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Kiran K. Vasu (Bangalore, India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlona AT-HD560 Pal HDMI to NTSC HDMI Converter (Electronics)

Finally, I'm able to use the TV I bought from US in India. I always knew about the PAL vs NTSC issue, but I thought this was a non-issue with HD programming(since the resolution was the same everywhere). Only after hooking up my Sun HD satellite box, i discovered that does not work either. Ordered this from Amazon and it works pretty well. HD channels look great, and SD quality is acceptable.