The overall operation and functioning of the Lasonic LTA-260 has received mixed reviews. There have been reports of broken controllers and bad reception. The broken controllers are most likely caused by a faulty controller and a quick exchange with the manufacturer should resolve the issue. Bad reception is likely caused from having a bad antenna. In order to get good reception and all channels with any converter box a good digital antenna is required.
Product Details: The picture quality for the LTA-260 has been reported to be excellent and provides a picture that is a step below DVD quality. The picture quality this box gives out is similar to that of the top boxes on the market. The sound quality that you get with this digital converter box is also very clear and has been reported to be as good as most other boxes on the market. Both the picture and sound quality for this box is significantly better than what you would except to get with analog broadcasts. Currently this converter box is only available at several retailers and can be purchased for $45-$50. At this point we recommend that you purchase a different TV converter but at the same time this one will get the job done.
The Lasonic LTA-260 has a program guide that shows a description of upcoming shows over the next few hours. It's program guide isn't the most robust cut gets the job done. With this converter box users can use the scan for all channels function or manually set each channel. It also comes with an on screen signal meter to assist with manual tuning. A digital antenna is a must with this and other boxes in order to get all channels. This box does not come with analog pass-through.
This converter box is a mid rated box because it has good picture and sound quality but some remote control problems have been reported and it doesn't have analog pass-through. If you want a box top rated box we recommend that you check out the Tivax STB-T8 or Dish Network DTVPal Plus.
Lasonic LTA-260 Features & Specs - Lasonic LTA-260 Owners Manual
V-Chip Lock Parental Control Setting
Configurable Closed Captioning
Electronic Program Guide
On Screen Signal Strength Meter
Compact Size
75 ohm Connector
What Is Included With Your Purchase?
Lasonic LTA-260 Converter Box
Lasonic LTA-260 Remote Control
Remote Control Batteries
RF Cable
3 Comments/Reviews:
I like this remote control for elderly people who are confused by a lot of buttons. HOWEVER, many stations are switching their digital signals from UHF to VHF or vice versa. This means many boxes need to be RESET before being rescanned. With this box, I don't know how to do that. The simplicity of being able to scan channels with one button push is nice, but it prevents you from a lot of manual options that people may need.
Or it's possible I'm just dumb & don't know how to reset it...
I have three of the Lasonic LTA 260 converterboxes. None of them are a year old yet. One remote never worked and three months ago another one quit and just recently my last one stopped working. I was told that I would have to ship my remotes to a company in California so they can determine what is wrong with them. If you ask me the are junk. I live in Iowa and don't feel that I should spend my any more of my money to ship these remotes when they could just ship me ones that actually work.
Mine is less then a year old and the remote control just stopped working. I called the number on the product guide and they took my contact info and are sending me a new one. What I expected to be a very frustrating experience was surprisingly simple to resolve. Hopefully this next remote will last a little longer.
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