[BC] Digital converters remote question

[Dana Puopolo]

The best one so far according to reviews is the Zenith. I bought one at
Circuit City for $59.99 less the 40 dollar coupon ($24.99 with tax). and it
works quite well. With a two foot strand of cat 5 solid wire for an antenna,
In Hollywood, I can pick up every Los Angeles area station. I get over 50
'channels'. My only criticism is that the channel 3 modulated audio level is a
bit low.

My kids love that there are two all kids channels on there- Ion TV has Qubo
24/7 on its 30-2 channel and Channel 58 (LAUSD Public TV) has PBS kids 24/7 on
their 58-4 channel.

The picture is great-zero ghosting, great color saturation, etc. Make sure
that your converter was made after March, 2008. That way you can be sure that
it has the sixth generation ATSC chipset. You can see the mfg. date on the
bottom of the converter (the Zenith boxes are not sealed). 

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:24:59 PM EDT
From: "Dale Adkins- WINI AM" <wini at intrnet.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Digital converters remote question

Mark:

I have one of the Radio Shack units (Energystar)
and one Insignia I bought at  Best Buy.
Both have basically the same features,  but the Insignia is
much more sensitive and gets better reception..  Neither is really
satisfactory because I cannot get enough signal from all the stations I
receive fine on analog.  I think I will have to go to a
higher or amplified antenna.

Yes, you can control volume with the RC...change channels....see the signal
strength....    Both of these units have one annoying feature.  They shut
down automatically after a period of time .

I have disconnected my unit at home and gone back to analog,  because having
the picture breakup during bad weather  and even  affected by nearby traffic
was very annoying.

DA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Earle" <mearle at mearle.com>

> So.. anyone have some recomendations with the $50 converter boxes? Good
> or bad, >