| Reviews : Accurian Premier HDTV Receiver Model 16-3499 |
Accurian Premier HDTV Receiver Model 16-3499 Product By Accurian by Radio Shack Available From 1 Sellers |
Technical Details
- HDMI Output provides superb picture and sound. Output 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i
- Allow any TV to receive HDTV signals
- Enjoy Incredible Picture and crystal clear digital Dolby 5.1 sound from HDTV
- See on-screen program information for enabled stations
- Dolby Digital, Normal or Wide Screen Formats, V-chip control, HDMI, composite and component video, optical and coaxial digital audio...includes remote, component video cable, and stereo cable, 2 AAA batteries required.
Product Description
HDTV receiver, Allow HD-ready TV to receive HDTV signals, Enjoy Incredible Picture and crystal clear digital sound from HDTV, See on-screen program information for enabled stationsSimilar Products
Customer Reviews
By Wayne (Union City, CA USA)
One of the best kept secrets about HDTV is that it's a broadcast standard, not a satellite or cable format. In fact, they compress the signal to get more bandwidth, while the free over the air signal is the full digital signal sent to those companies. HDTV exists in just about all areas where you can get a tv signal with a regular antenna. This box lets you get those channels.
Congress mandated that HDTV sets have built in tuners by now, but earlier "HD ready" sets did not have to have them. In order to get true HDTV, you need to get a box like this for those sets. Radio Shack sold these, and not many people bought them. Then they cleared them out for $99 each, and anybody with basic cable was able to get more channels, a much cleaner signal, and could use it with an old NTSC TV or an HD ready one.
If you have a recent HDTV, you don't need this. If you have a "regular" TV and can get snowy channels, your signal is probably good enough to get perfect signals that are far better than analog cable or traditional over the air broadcasts. Digital signals are either strong enough or weak enough to get, and if you get them, then there is no snow and no ghosts.
This model does the job reasonably. It does not give you analog channels, so if there are any in your area that are not also available in digital, you have to use your old tuner too. Most ones that come built into HDTVs let you mix and match signals.
If you can get this reasonably cheap, it's worth it to upgrade from analog. The remote does not work well unless aimed very carefully, and it's not compatible with most universal remotes. If you leave the unit on long enough, the firmware bugs will freeze things, or make the channels appear dead. Switching the unit off and on will fix that, and it's not an everyday problem.
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