DTVuser2009

When browsing around in the thrift store to settle my love of cheap gadgets (you'd be surprised how new some of them are) i spotted this. can't be more than a year old.

HDTV Tuner. it was a box. sorta like a satellite receiver but for OTA. i don't know if it was a converter, but it had not only HDMI and DVI outputs, but also analog A/V outputs, plus VGA-out for what i guess is a computer display. inputs for antenna, too.

Is this a converter? does it work with digital OTA TV? i don't know. it looked fancy, had a display on the front of it, and MENU, GUIDE, etc buttons on the front. what i wonder is, if i paid the $5 for it, would it work the same way as a CECB or is it for specific applications?

I didn't see any inputs for satellite or cable but it did have A/V inputs so i guess it's either for OTA viewing or just converting analog VCR/DVD input to HD-quality output? possibly an upconverter? but the 'Tuner' label makes me curious.

1inxs

It's kind of difficult to know what it s without a picture or a make and model of the product you're describing. Can you post a picture?

DTVuser2009

i'll have to, i didn't even catch the brand name of it. it was the size of a DVD player and had those buttons, an LED display (i think, it had too large a window for just an IR sensor)and a four-way dial which i think changes channels or goes through menu options. it had multiple inputs/outputs and had the 'HDTV-Tuner' compliance label.