Product Description

COMPACT LOW COST CONVERTER. ENABLES ANALOG TVS & DIGITAL-READY TVS TO RECEIVE OFF-AIR UHF & VHF DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS. CONVERTS LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS STANDARD ENHANCED & HIGH-DEFINITION DIGITAL SIGNALS INTO ANALOG TV SIGNAL FORMAT. CONNECTS USING CHOICE OF COMPOSITE VIDEO OR 75_ RF CABLE INCLUDES 3-DEVICE UNIVERSAL REMOTE. DIM: 1.3H X 5W X 5D

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32145 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: Access HD
• Model: 1080-U
• Dimensions: 1.30" h x 5.00" w x 5.00" l, 3.50 pounds

Features

• RF pass through
• Universal, three device remote control
• 3' 75-Ohm "F" cable included
• Composite video (RCA yellow connector) output
• Analog stereo output, downmixed from Dolby Digital, AC-3

Customer Reviews

slow and weak
First the good - You can do a new scan and add it to the existing scan. Now the bad, it only picks up very close and strong stations, switching between stations is very slow, it does not have a program guide, and the remote range is poor on some functions(on/off is ten feet, others maybe up to eighteen feet). I have a sixteen foot amplified rotating antenna which gives me perfect reception from stations 120 miles away in analog, but with this unit I can hardly get some of the stations that are fifty miles away and only some of the time. I have heard that other units have better reception and that the digital signals are weak. Looks like free TV in the US is gone except in or close to major cities. I will be only watching Canadian TV come Feb (No plans for digital in Canada yet).

Broke after three weeks
I bought this converter based off of a lot of research and reviews of the different inexpensive boxes on the market. I thought I was making an informed decision and bought TWO of the Access HD 1080U converters. After using it for only three weeks, one of them broke. It won't read anything and all I get is static. I would recommend buying something else, as I am going to have myself.

A lot right!
There are a few pluses for this. The one I got came with a universal remote. One remote to control the TV and the converter. This also has pass through mode where it will pump the antenna to the TV without having to move the cables. There are a few channels I can't get digitally (yet) and so it is nice to be able to switch to analogue mode. Set up was a breeze. It took about 5 minutes for the unit to find all the channels.

The down side is that it doesn't seem to have an overall guide. It does give you a "guide" for the channel you're tuned to. An overall guide would be nice. The other thing, which isn't a problem with the unit, is that I think I'm going to need a better indoor antenna. Rabbit ears aren't going to cut it.