This product is roughly the size of a book and has a two piece plastic case that comes apart via four screws. inside is a circuit board with the cable jacks soldered directly to the circuit board, which made me uneasy about the durability of the product over time when plugging and unplugging cables repeatedly. the antenna jack was too short so they added a half inch extension piece so that the jack will extend outside of the case. Unfortunately the extension piece will come off the circuit board when you unscrew your antenna cable, so you will have to open the case to reattach it. Maybe some lock-tite would fix that issue?
The unit does pick up over the air digital television and outputs in high definition. However, I was disappointed that there is no program guide or ability the edit the channel list. It will scan for all the available channels, but many of them I did not wish to watch (standard picture and spanish broadcast) and I could not remove those channels from the list. Also, the audio portion is output via standard left and right audio patch cables. It would have been nice to have a fiber optic digital out because many OTA broadcasts are in surround sound.
My HDTV is an early model without a built-in tuner or HDMI port. I use component cables (RGB) for picture and fiber optic for sound connected to my home theater. I thought this product would be the answer so that I can watch OTA broadcasts. The price is very inexpensive. I also tried using a panasonic DVD recorder with a built-in digital tuner, which had the advantage of digital audio out but still no program guide or ability to buffer channels. In the end I purchased (and love) the TIVO Premier which has TWO built-in tuners and connects to the internet for so much more viewing options (Amazon video, Netflix, Utube, Music, etc.).Get more detail about Digital Atsc Tv Box VGA Digital HDtv Tuner Receiver.
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