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RE: Thanks for the mini review. Some questions for you.

Posted by Grundy (A) on June 2, 2008 at 14:57:14

In Reply to: Thanks for the mini review. Some questions for you. posted by AbeCollins on June 2, 2008 at 07:10:47:

I bought a Zenith from Radio Shack, and wanted to get another one when I realized my coupon was about to expire. I called the store before I drove the 20 miles to make sure they had the Zenith converter. The store manager told me sure come on up, "we have a ton of them". Well, when I got there 5 hours later, the two Zeniths they had, had sold the previous day and the manager had left "an hour ago", according to the guy behind the counter. I was pissed. All they had were four boxes of Digital Stream DTX9900 Digital-to-Analog Converter Box's, (two of which had notes on them not to sell with the Gov. Coupons?).

With my time running out I had to take the Digital Stream box. If I did not like it, I had planned on returning it and giving the manager a tongue-lashing, (which I still might do for his deceitfulness). However, I like the Digital Stream more than the Zenith! You can blast through your favorite channels faster with the D.S. In addition, you can control TV volume and power, instead of just power as with the Zenith box.

I live 70 miles from Chicago; neither box will consistently pick up CBS. CBS is channel 2 on regular TV and difficult to watch with all the snow. I have a big Wineguard antenna with a power booster.

I have a US Digital HDTV box that I use on my downstairs TV. Its picture seems much smoother than either the Digital Stream or the Zenith boxes, (even on regular definition digital stations). However, the sound often does not match up perfectly with the picture. It is also a little slow switching channels. The US Digital can rarely pull in CBS here. Lucky for me CBS is moving to channel 12 before the Feb. 2009 deadline, which should tune in better.

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