Sansonic FT-300A Digital To Analog TV Converter Box

• Allows older TVs not connected to cable or satellite to receive new digital TV (DTV) signals
• Simple plug-in RF coaxial cable connection; composite video (yellow) and audio (red/white) outputs
• Selectable channel 3 or 4 analog output
• Supports channel display, closed captioning, and V-Chip parental controls
• Coupon-eligible converter box (CECB)

It scrambles the tv signal on and off. Sometimes the picture is ok, sometimes (most of the time) it is completely scrambled and unwatchable. I have a really good antenna as well. Buy something else. This is getting returned.

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The unit is small and the picture and sound quality are excellent. We wanted a conveter on a fairly new TV that we use in the kitchen and this fits the bill. We can receive all of our local channels on a rabbit ear antenna with only ocassional pixelization and drop-out (I've had a DTV for a couple of years and I think the general digital scheme, if you're using an over-the-air antenna, is marginal at best).

This unit is digital only; there's no analog pass-through. That won't matter in the future, though.

I've also noticed our unit regularly turns itself off (after several hours). I can't find anything in the manual about this other than the unit being "energy complaint". If I were using a VCR with this, I'd never know if the unit would still be operating when the VCR was set to record. Maybe our unit is defective in this regard.

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This product is a waste of money. I have owned one for a few months and have not been satisfied with it performance even when it was working properly!

I purchased this DTV converter several months ago and I was able to receive a few channels from local TV stations with transmitters ca. 2 miles away with minimal problems, but stations more than 10 miles away have always been a problem to receive. Within the last week I have been unable to receive any stations! I tried a new antenna with no success. I tried going to the second story of my house with no success. I have tried many times to scan for channels with no success.

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I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DIGITAL CONVERTER... IT SHORTS OUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES, REBOOTS, AND THEN JUST SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING... THIS WAS A TOTAL RIPOFF AND I AM FURIOUS THAT I BOUGHT TWO OF THESE!!!

I BOUGHT THESE DURING THE ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION SCAM THAT CAUSED PERFECTLY GOOD ANALOG BROADCAST SIGNAL TO MY HOME TO BE REPLACED BY THE NEW DIGITAL CRAZE, WHICH WORKS TERRIBLY!!! I DIDN'T START TRYING THESE CONVERTERS UNTIL I STOPPED SUBSCRIBING TO CABLE -AND THEY HAVE BEEN AN ABJECT DISASTER!!!

WHOM EVER SOLD THESE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR PUTTING OUT SUCH A LOUSY GODDAMNED PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED THEIR USE....

AND SHAME ON AMAZON FOR NOT SCREENING THEIR PRODUCTS!!!

I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT OF ANY KIND FROM AMAZON!!!!!

This box does what it's supposed to most of the time, but there are some major issues. For one, it changes the channel randomly. I can have the remote sitting on the table, not even pointing at the box, and the channel will just change randomly. The remote itself is a piece of junk (goes through 4-5 sets of batteries in the time it takes my DVD remote to go through 1 set even when I'm watching more DVDs than TV, has to be aimed just right or it doesn't work, buttons have to be pressed just right or nothing happens) and it's the only way to change channels! There are no buttons on the front of the device other than the on/off button, so if the remote gets misplaced or isn't working, you're out of luck. The box also takes forever to turn on and off. You have to press the power button and wait a few seconds to see if the light on the front is actually going to turn on/off. This wouldn't be so annoying if the remote actually worked, but since pressing the power button on the remote only works 2 out of 3 times, it can get very annoying to press the button, wait, press the button again, wait, etc. until the device actually decides to turn off. I think the "signal scrambling" issues other people are talking about have more to do with reception than the device, but this thing still isn't that great.