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Insignia NS-DXA1 Digital to Analog TV Tuner Converter Box for Regular TV Sets | 
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| Brand: Insignia
Category: CE
Buy New: $34.99
New (4) Used (1) from $34.99
Rating:  19 reviews
MPN: NS-DXA1
UPC: 600603115448
EAN: 0600603115448
ASIN: B001AH8BGW
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | Insignia NS-DXA1 Digital to Analog TV Tuner Converter Box General Features: | | • | Compatible with analog TVs with antenna-based broadcast reception 2-channel stereo audio support | | • | Parental lock function helps keep children from being exposed to undesirable material | | • | Electronic programming guide Program information Auto tuning Auto time setup | | • | Closed captioning and TV power on/off from remote |
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Product Description
Don't toss that old TV - use this converter box to pick up the new Digital TV signals and watch them on your regular TV set!This Insignia NS-DXA1 converts digital TV broadcast signals to your analog TV and displays digital TV at standard-definition (480i) screen resolution! It supports 4:3 TV aspect modes, including set by program, letterbox, cropped and squeezed; also supports 16:9 aspect modes, including set by program, 4:3, 16:9 and zoom. The NS-DXA1 features On-screen trilingual (English, French and Spanish) menu, parental lock function, electronic programming guide, auto tuning and auto time setup! Analog TV signal ends on February 17, 2009. Buy this Insignia NS-DXA1 Digital to Analog TV Tuner Converter Box right now!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
An Average Person's Review December 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not an expert on these things, but my dad has tried quite a few different boxes since he's part of the group helping his town switch over. He suggested this one for me and I've had a good experience with it. It was very easy to install and set-up and is good quality - I've had no noise or buzzing. The reason I gave it 4 stars was because the price is a bit higher than other versions, but it does seem to work better.
 TIVO compatible? December 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
We have a Series 2 TIVO that we are told will not accept HD signals. TIVO customer service told us that by using a digital to analog converter, we can continue to use all the functions built into the TIVO. Has anyone reading this experienced positive results by connecting the two boxes in series with a TV?
Good box - but... November 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was unable to use the gov't 'coupon' but the other reviews are right. Dandy unit
 digital converter box November 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very good basic unit. Easy to add new channels without doing a full channel search again. Handy remote with power switch for your TV too. Full program guide would have been nice for a unit in the $60-70 range,but the simple guide included works well. Bought my first two from Best Buy but have located and bought several more at much lower price via Amazon.
Works well (it should because you pay extra) October 31, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reviewing all converters out there, I decided to pay extra and get this converter over cheaper brands because:
1) once your govt converter coupon used, you don't get it back if you decide to return so it's difficult to try other models
2) this one was readily available and my coupon was about to expire
3) it had good ratings from other reviewers
4) Unlike some converters, it had a remote that could control tv as well as the converter, and had other standard buttons that other converter remotes lacked (mute, volume, channel recall).
Overall this converter works great out of the box. I live within 30 miles of Chicago and all Chicago stations are crystal clear with my little 20+ year old rooftop antenna so it's a big improvement.
My only criticism against this converter like some have mentioned is the "hiss" you can sometimes hear in the background. I can always get the hiss to go away with combination of adjusting the tv and converter box volume controls. If you always listen to tv at same volume you can "set it and forget it" but we tend to have the volume loud (during a workout) or soft when (someone is asleep).
A nice bonus is it's stereo - so our 2nd converter is on an ancient mono tv and I plugged stereo outputs into an old stereo system so we now get 1990s sound off a 1980s tv.
Few things to beware of:
1) there is an auto shutoff feature that you can configure or stop (so if converter goes off - check this out)
2) like all converters - you'll need some extra work/thinking to keep your VCR working - converter has to be on and set to a channel you want to record.
3) Remote will control multiple converter boxes - learned this because magically the 2nd converter box would sometime turn on when we were using the other one somewhere else in the house.
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