INSIGNIANS-DXA1 Digital to Analog TV Tuner Converter Box for Regular TV Sets

I am new to the whole digital TV thing this year but when I looked around my house I have found several TVs not hooked up to cable but still in very good condition. I was not interested in getting the cable company to charge me for each and every box to hook up each TV so I invested blindly in this DTV box. First you would need to get an over the air indoor/outdoor HD Digital antanna which actually costed me more than the DTV but together they worked. The remote is small but it works as a universal with your TV and comes with other features like signal strengh so you can position that antanna. I live in Long Island NY and I was able to pick up almost 32 channals immediately. The picture and sound is so clear my wife thought it was the dish we use to have. I told her that's free TV! Now I want to use my government coupons to get another couple of DTVs to hook up the rest of the house and maybe even cut down the cable to one TV in the house and save some money. Please be aware that I think only one antanna works per TV so that could be a hidden expense if you want to get rid of cable. But so far I am happy this experiment has worked out so well.

I couldn't be happier. My tv looks like digital quality and gets a few more channels. My converter box has neat menus and you can see a tv guide for each of the channels to find out what's on for the next few shows.There were two issues that I had, but they were minor. The first issue was that the install instructions were incorrect. My instructions: (tv on, converter box on, battery in remote, tv hooked to converter box, antenna hooked up to converter box... that part is correct in the instructions...) Go to channel 3 using the controls for your television (NOT the converter box.) After that, hit the menu button on your remote control. Choose the first options from therein and it should automatically set up your channels.The second issue was the converter box requires a remote control. What if your battery runs out right before your favorite show? Also, the battery is included.The setup was easy and I am very happy with mine. I tried to use a regular antenna to improve the signal and it seems to work okay. I read other Amazon reviews that say you don't necessarily need a HD antenna. However, I am thinking of purchasing another antenna because my reception isn't stellar and it wasn't that great before I switched to digital TV. With digital you seem to either get an extremely clear picture or you get scrambled eggs: there is very little median between clear signal and trash.I am very pleased with my switch to digital, and I am happy with the converter box that I chose. Don't wait. Buy it as soon as you can.

This digital converter box was lightly used and works very well. The features that I like most are the ability to turn off the "auto shutdown" feature in the options menu. It auto tunes quickly. I was a little dissappointed in the cable provided in that it was a standard, single video cable not the better quality (red/yellow/white) component jack that works for best video. Luckily I had a spare and they really don't cost that much extra. The antenna you choose could make your life even better so don't be cheap with that. This box is a good value and better than the "dumb" model offered at Wally world.

This is my go-to digital-to-analog converter box! I originally bought it for my DVD recorder to record one channel to watch later to supplement one of another brand used to watch something else, but that one broke and this one became the primary one. I wish I made that decision sooner!This gives me consistently clear picture and connections stay stable, while the interface is responsive and easy to navigate and the remote is only as complicated as it needs to be. The remote on my DVD recorder has needed to be replaced multiple times, but this one still works properly after all this time. Quality construction on the box AND the remote.

This is the best of 3 different brands of converter boxes I've owned. The first was Apex. It never received two channels I thought it should receive. After it was out of warranty the RF, (coaxial connection), stopped working. It lasted a year and a half then stopped working totally. Next one I got was a Coby. The remote on the Coby had to be pointed directly at the box to use, but it got the two channels the Apex didn't get but I lost three other channels! So I immediately returned that to the brick & mortar store purchased at. I saw This particular Insignia brand on Amazon, it had very good reviews but was $110. Bought one used from someone through Amazon for $47 with shipping. As soon as I set it up and programmed it I found with a little adjustment with my indoor Terk antenna I got all the channels that the previous two boxes only received some of, and the remote has more features like zoom and different aspect ratios amongst others and doesn't have to be pointed directly at the box to work. The only down side is the program listings can only be seen for the channel that it's tuned to, that was the only good thing about the Apex, you could scroll through a program guide that showed all of the channels. I bought mine used but if it lasts a year I'll be happy. I'm getting a new tv that will have it's own digital converter built in but I have a Tivo and it needs it's own tuner/converter box, plus I feed streaming via the computer to the tv so no more cable bills! I hope when this insignia stops working I can find another as good that won't cost an arm & a leg.

Was used but supposed to be ‘like new’. No users manual to help with setup. Two cables which were to have been included were not. Remote control included was not for this device - Insignia converter box, RCA remote. You need the remote to set up the device, therefore I wasn’t able to use the converter.