Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter

by Magnavox

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• ASIN: B0013ZKZGU
• Item model number: RTB100MW9
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #14 in Industrial & Scientific > Electronic Components > Semiconductor Products > Signal Components
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 14, 2008

Product Description

This box receives over-the-air digital TV broadcasts for viewing on a TV that does not have a built-in digital (ATSC) tuner. Additional features include a trilingual on-screen display, audio/video output, antenna input (F-type connector), remote control and a digital audio output for use with optional surround sound systems.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Digital TV in a Plain Brown Wrapper, March 6, 2008

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Harold G. Meeks Jr. "hal2k" (raleigh nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter (Electronics)

This is one of many similar devices that adapt over the air digital TV to non digital television sets. You get composite video, left and right audio, and RF in and out for those with TV sets that only have an antenna connector.

Set up is painless. The tuner is remarkably good; it picked up all stations in my area with just a pair of rabbit ears. Lack of S-Video out sorely missed, reds bloom a bit (adjust your TV set accordingly). The converter will zoom, letterbox or crop 16x9 content -- I have mine set for letterbox. The remote is poorly designed. Little teeny tiny channel up and down buttons, big buttons on the bottom for navigating through the electronic program guide or set up. Note the EPG only shows programs for the channel you are currently on. If you are on a channel, you can find out what is coming up on that channel for the next 3 hours, but not what is on other channels -- without switching to that channel. I would guess that all the converters will work this way.

The device itself is made by Funai, for what it is worth. It does do what it is designed to do, and again -- the tuner is quite good. I would look around at what else is available, though, at least for a nicer remote.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Aspect Ratio/Zoom Difficult to Change, May 12, 2008

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Sage-Jay (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter (Electronics)

The Magnavox DTV Converter was easy to set up and, with at least a standard set of Rabbit Ears, received all the local digital TV channels. The image is good, though when DTV signals are weak the image freezes or the sound drops out (that's the nature of DTV signals). The problem with this unit is that changing the Zoom or Aspect ratio has to be done through the Setup function - there is no button on the remote to easily change this feature. This is critical since some programs are broadcast in Letterbox and others in the standard 4:3 dimensions. 4:3 programs appear as a small image in the middle of the screen. Again, to make it full screen, you have to go into the Setup function to "Zoom in". I returned this unit and purchased the Zenith DTT900. It has a Zoom button on the remote so I can change this ratio on the fly.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's OK, but lacks some features I desire., June 11, 2008

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D. Shaw - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter (Electronics)

This convertor works just fine for me, get all the great new HD channels, but I regret getting this model.

It has a power switch but this is just the main power and doesn't actually turn it on. You MUST USE THE REMOTE with this box. There are no channel buttons on it. No remote = no TV.

I have purchased different models for my other TVs and this is my least favorite model.