Anyone have pros or cons regarding these two at Best Buy. I have some credit there that can make up the difference from the coupons. I am looking for a box that will play nicely with my VCR. TIA.
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:55:23 -0700 (PDT), candy <phaedr...@hotmail.com> posted:
>Anyone have pros or cons regarding these two at Best Buy. I have some >credit there that can make up the difference from the coupons. I am >looking for a box that will play nicely with my VCR. TIA.
I recommend the Insignia, I don't know what kind of digital tuner the Apex has and I've noticed a significant difference in reception between different brands of converter boxes.
candy wrote: > Anyone have pros or cons regarding these two at Best Buy. I have some > credit there that can make up the difference from the coupons. I am > looking for a box that will play nicely with my VCR. TIA.
I have the Insignia, and it's very nice. However, if you are looking for a vcr converter that has an event timer, you're going to have to look elsewhere. AFAIK, the DTVPal (new name for the Echostar converter) is the only coupon-eligible converter that has one. www.dtvpal.com has been taking orders for them for just the last few days, and they do accept the coupons. I don't know if they are actually shipping yet. They are selling for $59.99 without the coupon, and of course shipping costs and applicable taxes would be added to that.
"candy" <phaedr...@hotmail.com> wrote... > Anyone have pros or cons regarding these two at Best Buy. I have some > credit there that can make up the difference from the coupons. I am > looking for a box that will play nicely with my VCR. TIA.
I set-up two of the Apex DT250 converter boxes yesterday and can say they rock the house.
Coupon-eligible Composite Video, S-Video, and Coax (ch. 3 or 4) feeds to the TV Smart Antenna jack (CEA-909 mode A) On-screen Signal Strength Meter Favorite channel list on remote control Analog signal pass-through (Put unit in stand-by to activate.) 3-day EPG (per channel, not full GUI) Dolby Digital downmix to stereo Dolby Digital downmix to Dolby Surround Analog and digital (RCA) audio outs Audio output volume control Energy Star Compliant Digital Closed Caption Multilanguage Menus
Only downfalls I can see: Can't add channels without first wiping out the channels you've already found Not a universal remote or info code for setting other Universal remotes to control it
I have a universal radio shack 6 in 1 remote. I believe it is No. 15-2146 and with it you can cycle through until it works with a device. It came up with the code 0749 and when I saved it, it works great. It is much stronger than the Apex remote that has to be pointed exactly at the sensor and be level, etc.
It works for power, changing channels, recall last channel, number keys for changing channels. The volume still controls the TV volume, which is fine for me.
So try that Remote code and hopefully it will work for you.
> I have a universal radio shack 6 in 1 remote. I believe it is No. > 15-2146 and with it you can cycle through until it works with a > device. It came up with the code 0749 and when I saved it, it works > great. It is much stronger than the Apex remote that has to be pointed > exactly at the sensor and be level, etc.
> It works for power, changing channels, recall last channel, number > keys for changing channels. The volume still controls the TV volume, > which is fine for me.
> So try that Remote code and hopefully it will work for you.
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