Reception problems have been reported with the Sansonic FT300A and the likely cause is uninformed consumers trying to use it without a good digital antenna. No converter boxes will do a sufficient job of picking up digital channels without a good antenna.
Product Details: The Sansonic FT300A converter box providers viewers with a pretty darn good picture and excellent sound quality. Both the sound quality and picture quality are a step below DVD quality and a big upgrade from the average analog picture. The Sansonic FT300A currently sells for about $50 but it is now sold out and most retailers. A better alternative to the this digital converter box would be the Tivax STB-T8.
The Sansonic FT300A is a super compact sized converter box that can be placed in very small places. It comes with a electronic program guide the provides users with details on current shows but not for upcoming shows. It is a fairly basic program guide that doesn't provide as much information as most other converter boxes. This converter box is lacking quite a few features including the most important one - analog pass-through. The Dish Network DTVPal Plus is a good choice if you need a box with analog pass-through.
This converter box is a mid rated converter box because despite its lack of features its small size is handy and it does give viewers great picture and sound quality. In order to see reviews of our top converter boxes check out our DTV converter box reviews page.
Sansonic FT300A Features & Specs - Sansonic FT300A Owners Manual
V-Chip Lock Parental Control Setting
Configurable Closed Captioning
On Screen Signal Strength Meter
Electronic Program Guide
English, French, and Spanish Language Support
Compact Size
75 ohm Connector
What Is Included With Your Purchase?
Sansonic FT300A Converter Box
Sansonic FT300A Remote Control
5 Comments/Reviews:
I bought a Sansonic FT-300A converter box after reading reports where it was rated well. I have tried mine on 2 different TVs, one a Panasonic w/ a built-in VCR and the other a Sony Trinitron, and I can't do anything with either set. The remote control that came with the box doesn't seem to work, though it will turn the converter box on and off. I bought a new antenna and hooked that up --an indoor one--but the box isn't doing what it was supposed to, which was--it says this on the box!--keep old analog TVs working.
I got the Sansonic FT300A because it got good write-ups but it hasn't worked and I've tried it on 2 different TVs (one Sony and one Panasonic). The remote will turn the converter box on and off but won't do anything to the TV (either one).
I obtained two converter boxes. My Tivax STB-T8 worked fine once I got the Tivax indoor antenna to go along with it. Unfortunately, my second box was the Sansonic FT300A, which does not work at all. The remote turns the box on and off, but that's all that happened. Although I purchased the Sansonic in November, I did not take it out of the box until last week. My advice is to get the Tivax and boycott Sansonic.
I set this box up and worked "fairly" well until a few days ago. It just stoped working, I have absolutely no signal. I would definitely avoid buying this.
Hi,
I also got a Sansonic box and IT SUCKS!
Went through many antennas too but the box STILL SUCKS!
Diane
I think CVS and SANSONIC ripped off the government with the coupons. The government is paying for crap!
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