Insignia DXA1 HDTV Converter Reviews

Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of Insignia DXA1 converter. See all DXA1 reviews.

Insignia DXA1 Review #0
Rating: 4 (good)	Nickname: garrettinphx	Date: 2008-11-16
Summary: Good box - but...
I was unable to use the gov't 'coupon' but the other reviews are right. Dandy unit

Insignia DXA1 Review #1
Rating: 2 (poor)	Nickname: tranderson4	Date: 2008-09-20
Summary: Weak tuner, constant buzzing
Easy setup and comfortable easy-to-use remote with decent sized buttons. Tuner is too weak for anyone living a moderate distant from the tv station's transmitter. I am 30 miles away from Green Bay and this box needed a powered antenna to bring in one VHF station (the Fox affiliate) and two UHF stations (one of which is the NBC affiliate). Without the powered antenna the NBC station didn't come in at all and the picture from Fox was all broken up. There is a constant buzzing that is worse when the box's volume control is used to adjust rather than the tv's volume. I purchased two of Radio Shack's DTX9950 after setting up my Mom's. It was a super easy setup and there are no reception or buzzing problems.

Insignia DXA1 Review #2
Rating: 5 (excellent)	Nickname: anonymous	Date: 2008-08-05
Summary: Don't Look Any Farther
This box is super easy to set up and works really well. I've bought two of these now for lunchrooms at different sites at work and they work really well. Channels that barely were watchable before came in sharp with no ghosts. Several people commented that the picture was better than their cable at home. If you have a choice get this one, you won't be sorry.

Insignia DXA1 Review #3
Rating: 4 (good)	Nickname: anonymous	Date: 2008-12-26
Summary: An Average Person's Review
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.

Insignia DXA1 Review #4
Rating: 5 (excellent)	Nickname: anonymous	Date: 2008-08-05
Summary: Insignia/Zenith/LG DTT901 DTV converter box review
Insignia/Zenith/LG DTT901 DTV converter box review LG makes these converter boxes and sells them as either a Zenith DTT901 or a Insignia brand (at BestBuy). After much research at AVSForum re selection, here is a quick summary of my own experiences. Out of the half dozen or so READILY available boxes, this one is by far the best. Some other ones are prone to: locking up requiring a reset, sound problems, running very hot, may be impossible to add channels manually, and have difficulties setting the aspect ratio such that the program fills the screen best. These LG/Zenith/Insignia boxes have none of those problems, but make sure that you get one built after April '08 (there is a sticker on the side of the box with either ie "built May 2008" or something like 05A08). Setup is easy, sensitivity is great. With a set of rabbit ears I get stations from 70-90 miles away (see TVFool website for antenna directions and maps for your own area). Picture Zoom is settable for each channel, box can turn off the TV, and has an independent volume control. There are a couple of small items not quite up to par: Program guide is VERY simple, only current program and NEXT program are described, power cord is only 5ft long, if you set the converter on top of a large tv on a stand, it has a hard time reaching a floor level outlet. The signal strength meter (used for fine tuning the antenna position)has its own button on the remote, with a bar and amplitude varying beeps, but it lags the antenna movement by second or two, so you have to pause after moving the antenna each time to get a true signal level. Oh, and by the way, the picture quality (PQ)is excellent over the composite RCA outlet, and almost as excellent over the RF coax output. And yes, when turned off, the box will pass analog signal to the TV (APT), I thought that would be important, but all of my stations analog signals are duplicated on digital channels, and once you see a perfect quality signal it is very hard to watch a snowy picture. The DTT901 boxes are approved for the 40$ rebate coupon (but some websites may have problems redeeming them and you may have to try a BM (brick and mortar store) instead.

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Coupon-eligible:	Yes
Analog-passthrough:	No
Smart antenna:	No
S-Video:	No
EPG:	No
URC:	No
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