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Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of RCA DTA800B converter.
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| RCA DTA800B Review #0 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: Shadmin |
Date: 2009-06-09 |
| Summary: Good Value |
| I own both the RCA DTA800 and RCA DTA800B1. I am not sure which unit is supposed to be described here since there is no RCA DTA800B(if there is then my apologies since I am not familiar with it)? The newest iteration the RCA DTA800B1 has both analog pass through and an EPG? I have had no issues with either RCA product. The tuner works good and the picture is very good, much better than the normal analog around here which can be ghosting and snowy. I have 14 clear channels now instead of just 3 VHF and 2 UHF channels, which for being 6400 feet up in the mountains where I am is pretty good! I don\t have a smart antenna hooked up to it just a rooftop VHF/UHF antenna with an amplifier (due to my mountainous surroundings which are NOT signal friendly!). The remote is simple but easy to use and understand. Setup was simple, just followed the directions in the guide and that was it, 14 clear channels! The price was $10 after the $40 government coupon which is a bargain! Just a hint as far as reception goes, I changed my cables running from my antenna to RG6 from RG59. The RG6 has better shielding and was a definite signal improvement since the cable was then no longer also acting as an antenna which messes up the digital signal due throwing the signal out of time/phase so you basically get two signals coming in at different times and that is not good! In summation this converter box (RCA DTA800B1) is a solid performer and is a good value at least it has been for me. |
| RCA DTA800B Review #1 |
| Rating: 5 (excellent) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-05-24 |
| Summary: |
| I guess I\m the only one who likes this one. It is my fourth from a different maker and it is the best one.
It pulls in channels better than the other 3.
Cnet.com liked it also which is why I bought it. It does have analog passthrough by the way. I will also use a smart antenna with it.
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| RCA DTA800B Review #2 |
| Rating: 1 (very poor) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-04-15 |
| Summary: should be recalled!!! |
| bottom line...just doesn't work worth a damn!! About what I should have expected from RCA/China electronics!!!
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| RCA DTA800B Review #3 |
| Rating: 1 (very poor) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-08-26 |
| Summary: RCA vs Zenith |
| The RCA box had missed many channels that can be pickup easily by my other converter \Zenith\.
I got this chip RCA converter in Walmart. At first, I thought the problem was the location or antenna; but, later when I placed an Zenith converter at same location and with the same antenna more channels shown up. What kind of design is it? Does anyone know if I get exchange or get money back? Does anyone know that the government had any set up program to remove junks? They started the HDTV and they should give us a good answer. |
| RCA DTA800B Review #4 |
| Rating: 1 (very poor) |
Nickname: anonymous |
Date: 2009-04-14 |
| Summary: Do not buy |
| I got this box at walmart in June of 2008 with a coupon I did not install it until Feb 2009 I was not pleased with the performance at all. You cannot manualy add channels, While surfing around the box will lock up on one channel and you have to wait 5-10 seconds before it will work again, sometimes the box will stop producing audio and you have to turn it off and back on again for it to work (like it needs to be rebooted), The remote is very delicate. |
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