Magnavox TB100MW9

(DTV converters)

"I bought this converter for use with a rooftop antenna that is approximately 30 feet tall, about three months ago.
I was pleased with the visibly better reception that I was able to get with stations that in analog signals were a bit fuzzy.
I did notice occasionally that some channels that would have come in poorly in analog would sometimes not come in at all in digital, however, I suspect that is the nature of the digital medium.
Also, some weak signals will exhibit artefacting, again a symptom of bad signals in digital.
Now, for the problem.
Over the last two weeks, for some reason known only to God and the engineers at Funai/Magnavox, channel 4 has a perfect picture, but no audio at all.
I have reiniatialized the unit several times, I have switched from RF out to composite, and finally I finally used a brand new identical model converter that I had not plugged into my other TV yet.
You guessed it...only plugging in the brand new converter brought audio to channel four.
I called the tech support line informing them of my adventures, and they advised leaving the unit unplugged for several hours to reset it, offering to do something about getting it sent back for replacement if that would not work.
No dice, it still will not work.
I will withhold further judgement until I see if they make good on replacing this piece of &@*% converter.
Good luck, folks...you'll need it."

Review date: 29 Aug, 2008