HDTV Tuners

NEW YORK — Did my TV screen just shrink? That’s the question a lot of people will be asking after installing one of the converter boxes that will keep their older TV sets tuned into over-the-air broadcasts after Feb. 17, when most stations will switch from analog to digital transmission. The National Association of Broadcasters … Read more

Microtune, Inc.sent a letter yesterday to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) identifying a matter of critical importance to the U.S. government and to American consumers in the successful implementation of the U.S. digital television transition. Through internal testing in its Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) lab, Microtune has discovered tuner-related performance failures in … Read more

Wondering how your converter box will work? We’ve done some testing. WIS News 10’s Judi Gatson left Columbia headed for Sumter County. At the first stop near Shaw Air Force Base, the rabbit ears tune in Channel 10. It’s not bad, but not great either – especially when you… Read full story

Axinar has written an article about a few of the HDTV tuners and where they are available. I though everyone might appreciate what he has to say about them. The Zenith model pretty much looks IDENTICAL to the Insignia model – same connections, same remote control. What I don’t know is if the software is … Read more

Previews of the Magnavox TB100MW9, Insignia NS-DXA1, and Zenith DTT900 With the digital TV transition less than a year away, digital-to-analog converters have started showing up in retail stores. These set-top boxes convert digital transmissions pulled in by an antenna into analog signals that can be accepted by an older tube TV and other display … Read more