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(More customer reviews)I decided on the this Memorex not knowing what I would find. But decided to give it a try after I heard horrible stories of the Access HD converter box sold at rite aid. This one was also there , so I chose this one instead. I'm glad I did. Ofcourse I was also skeptical on this since It was a Memorex brand name, and my first 'Memorex' electronic.
I used the coupon got home and tried it out. The first thing I noticed the casing was made of mostly metal except the front (which has the power and the up and down buttons). The back had coaxal rf input and outputs and the yellow white and red output. So I hooked up my very cheap 7.99 rca brand rabbit ear and after following the setup menu, I started scanning. With the rabbit ears I got like 20 digital channels that came in. They came in crystal clear , I was and still am very impressed with the picture clarity , DVD quality picture on my old analog sharp tv set of over 20 years. Now this little box had some features that I didn't know were available to dtv converter boxes. Like for example, CC = closed captioned, sleep timer of up to 4 hours, channel signal meter, tells you wether its 480i, 720p or 1080i. A limited guide which tells you the info of what you're watching and what comes up next. Parental controls and even 3 favorite lists. It also has aspect ratio to choose, either widescreen, cut up or full screen. It also comes with a sony look-alike remote (I call it a Sony look alike remote because of that green power button on the black and grey remote). It also has Audio Language feature, (like SAP) if its available you can hear the program in Spanish or French for example. Also has some other features. The remote also has a volume up/down control. So for $25 after coupon use, to me its worth every penny. I just wish I could hook it up to the roof antenna and get the more distant channels. So with just using the rabbit ears ( a cheap rca rabbit ear antenna) I was able to pick up most if not all of my 'local' digital channels. Including all of the pbs channels. I know if I used the roof antenna , I'd get even more - and what I got now is more than what I get from Directv locals and the picture quality is even better somehow. Maybe because Directv (or Dish Network) locals are too compressed. So as my first DTV converter box, I give it an A.
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