Click Here To Purchase Your Own Magnavox TB100MG9 Digital TV Converter BoxPeople have reported channel loss with this converter box but in most cases this is because people don't realize that with nearly all converter boxes a good digital TV antenna is required.
The Magnavox TB100MG9 has been discontinued and replaced by an upgraded version the Magnavox TB100MW9 which includes analog pass-through.
The Magnavox TB100MG9 has been discontinued and replaced by an upgraded version the Magnavox TB100MW9 which includes analog pass-through.
Product Details: The picture quality of this digital TV converter box has been reported as being very good. This digital TV converter box ranks near the top. When using this digital converter users will be pleasantly surprised to get such a great picture that is such a huge upgrade from analog TV. The sound quality of this digital TV converter box has been reported to be not that great as opposed to other digital TV converter boxes. The L/R output is excellent but this digital converter RF output produces an annoying hissing sound. This converter box sells for roughly $65 which is a bit steep. This converter box is out of stock at most stores and you can find cheaper, better boxes, such as the Tivax STB-T8 and Dish Network DTVPal Plus.
This digital TV converter box provides users with a very good programming guide that includes the current show title, run time, and a short description. This converter box also has the auto scan and individual tuning functions. It also comes with adjustable closed captioning. This digital TV converter box is different than its counterpart because it has been upgraded to include analog pass-through.
Overall, this product is pretty good but did not get the best rating. Its analog pass-through upgrade made it a significantly better choice but it is simply not as good as other boxes that are being sold at a lower price. We suggest that instead of this box you check out our ratings of the best TV converter boxes in order to make a decision.
Magnavox TB100MG9 Features & Specs - Magnavox TB100MG9 Owners Manual
Analog Pass-Through
Parental Control Setting
Configurable Closed Captioning
Electronic Program Guide
On Screen Signal Strength Meter
Energy Star Compliant
English, French, and Spanish Language Support
What Is Included With Your Purchase?
Magnavox TB100MG9 Converter Box
Remote Control
Remote Control Batteries
Coaxial Cable
6 Comments/Reviews:
Consumer Reports has just upgraded their ratings on some of the available converter boxes at:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2008/08/ratings-of-dtv.html
While cable and satellite program providers will continue to serve the great majority of homes as the primary signal source, missing HD local reception, compression issues, higher costs, billing add-ons, service outages, contact difficulties, in-home service waits and no shows have left many of these subscribers looking to OTA antennas as a good, alternative and Off-Air viewers happy with their free programming.
But TV reception starts with the right antenna.
Viewers should certainly try their old antenna first. It’s true that any of these older antennas will pick up some signals, maybe all the broadcast signals a viewer wants to receive, depending on their location. If they’re getting all the OTA channels they want, than they’re good to go.
While Antennas can’t tell the difference between analog and digital signals, there are definitely certain models which have higher DTV batting averages than others. Not all antennas are equally suited for DTV. A percentage of viewers will require something a little more tailored for DTV reception.
With one of the newer and smaller OTA antennas, with greatly improved performance, power and aesthetics, viewers may also be able to receive out-of-town channels, carrying blacked out sports programs, several additional sub-channels or network broadcasts not available locally. And for those with an HDTV, almost completely uncompressed HD broadcasts (unlike cable or satellite).
OTA viewers can go to antennapoint.com to see quickly what stations are available to them, the distance, and compass heading to help in choosing and aiming their antenna. And if they decide to buy a newer antenna, they should buy it from a source that will completely refund their purchase price, no questions asked, if it doesn’t do the job.
It is a horrible piece of junk. If worked for less than one hour. Its horrible quality is equaled by the horrible “Warranty” that is called a “Fast Return” policy (6-8 weeks turn-around time).
Funai Corp. signed for my non-working TB100MW9 converter more than 11 weeks ago. To date, I have not received a firm date for its return. They have been jerking me around for over 12 weeks, and put me off by “should receive it in one, week,… within two weeks, etc. The last email communications states:
“You are on the expadited list and you should be receiving your unit soon.” If there is such a huge backlog of non-working units, the product should be declared a Lemon.
This box sucks hind tit.
You can not set it to record, it shuts off after a couple of hours, it flickers constantly.
Another thing is that i have another product using electicity just to watch the news. It is so bad that all i want to do is watch the news to see how bad this economy is. It is a good thing my tax dollars subsidized this product, otherwise i might think that i was bent over and not kissed.
This box is probably one of the worst out there. Use caution... I bought this box as my first and thought everything was fine. When i purchased my second box which was a different band, I found out that I don't have half the channels of the new box. DO NOT BUY THIS BOX unless you want only half of what you can receive.
Bought this box at Walmart and it worked for one day, although not well. On second day it no longer responds to setup command - tried reboot but no go. Must agree with other reviews that this box is poor quality.
Tom C ....Rhode Island
I'm on my second box and it's going back to where I bought it. After the initial set up it would not let me back into the set up mode. I called their "helpline" and got no help there. I was told it was a defective box and they could repair it. I opted to take it back and get a replacement So I'm going to try a third time. Stay tuned.......I wish I could
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