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Zinwell ZAT-970A Digital to Analog TV Converter Box | 
| Brand: Zinwell
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $40.00
as of 9/3/2010 23:59 CDT details
You Save: $9.99 (20%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  306 reviews
Sales Rank: 334
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 6.9 x 1.3
MPN: ZAT-970A
Model: ZAT-970A
UPC: 874409000899
EAN: 0874409000899
ASIN: B001DVZXC0
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Availability: Pre-Order (0-0 Business Days)
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| Features:
| • | Support Analog Pass-Through | | • | Convert Digital TV signal to Analog | | • | Multi-lingual support | | • | Digital Parental control | | • | Remote control included |
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Product Description
This converter box comes with an on screen program guide that provides show times and descriptions. This TV converter box also comes with scan for all channel tuning and adjustable closed captioning. Te key feature on this digital TV converter box is that it does come with analog pass-through. This means that you will still be able to pick up lower power analog television stations.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 306
 Very Nice. You can record different stations while away from home. Works great with a VCR March 10, 2009
couchbum (California USA)
86 out of 87 found this review helpful
I only have an outdoor TV antenna. No cable or satellite. I too bought this converter for the built in timer. You can record different channels at different times while you're away from home with your VCR and TV antenna (However, you can not record one station and watch another station "at the same time"). You have to set your TV and VCR to channel 3 (always) and the timer in this converter is what you set for the time and channel to record. Make sure the clock time on the converter box matches the clock time on your VCR. Or you may miss part of your show. There is one problem that I haven't figured out yet. I hooked this converter to the TV in my living room. My outdoor antenna cable line continues on and goes to the bedroom and the TV in the bedroom only plays the channel that the converter box is on in the living room. I have 2 of these converter boxes and so I hooked the second one up in the bedroom. It receives no channel signals. Well, that didn't last long since I received my DVD recorder in the mail (Toshiba DR560 1080p Upconverting DVD Recorder with Built-in Tuner, bought on Amazon) and this DVD recorder has a built-in ATSC/NTSC/QAM digital/analog tuner. Meaning, I don't need a converter box in my living room now. This DVD recorder allows me to record one station and watch another station at the same time from my over the air, outdoor antenna. Just like a VCR. Awesome! Now the converter box works on the bedroom TV. Since the DVD recorder is allowing the signal to continue on through to the bedroom. I am a happy camper. I now have an extra converter box. Maybe I'll sell it on Amazon.
Over 3 years ago, I got rid of my cable (yes, the first 3 months was very difficult). I bought an outdoor TV antenna and lived with that for about a year. The reception wasn't good, lots of white specs or lines. Then I bought a "booster" for the antenna. A big improvement almost like receiving paid cable. This converter box allows me to receive more TV stations then the outdoor TV antenna alone. I haven't figured out yet what these stations are. I think they're cable or satellite channels. This converter box also improved the reception of all the TV stations. My new DVD recorder, as I mentioned above, also improved the reception even better then this converter box.
By the way, so far I've saved over 2 thousand dollars by getting rid of my paid cable and going to an outdoor antenna. Add up your monthly cable bill and times it by 12. That's what you're paying a year for paid cable.
Works as advertised! February 2, 2009
rafeller1 (OK USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was looking for a converter box that I could use with my DVR/DVD recorder, since very few recorders of this type are available with an ATSC (digital) tuner. I found nothing comparable to my Panasonic DVD recorder with built in Hard Drive. You program your DVR to record at the desired time and then program the Zinwell ZAT-970A to come on at the that same time. If you want to change stations at a later time, you simply program another start time into the Zinwell ZAT-970A. (You can program up to 8 start times) The only drawback is that you cannot program an end time. However you set the overall run time for how long you want the unit to stay on and it will turn itself off after that amount of time. (I chose 2 hours) Since your DVR will stop recording at the end of it's program, leaving the converter box on longer doesn't pose a problem. (actually this is not so bad. you don't have to set a stop time in the Zinwell program) To be able to watch a different show than the one recording, I simply put an RF splitter on the coax cable coming in from the antenna then used the two outputs from the splitter for the TV and converter box. The unit has a video output that I use an the input to my DVR and recording quality, although not high definition, is very good.
The bottom line: It does everything that I want and saved me hundreds of dollars on a new DVR. I am purchasing another one for my DVD recorder that I have in my bedroom.
Wow! Much better than I expected June 13, 2009
Patrick H. Nguyen
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
After reading some of the reviews, I was a bit nervous. But after receiving it and playing with it, I got so excited. Now, I have a separate HDTV for comparison (JVC 1080P 56") in terms of a digital tuner. In terms of a tuner, this Zinwell one blows away my JVC HDTV one. It tunes faster, it allows on-the-fly adjustment of the antenna with immediate on-screen results with an excellent signal quality and strength bars. My JVC looks beautiful (as HDTV's should!) but its tuner user interface is terrible.
The whole user interface is snappy quick. It makes an old analog TV truly feel like a new digital TV. There's a program guide so you know what you're watching and what shows are coming up (no more need to sit thru commercials to figure out what's on tv!).
The picture quality is great! I hooked up a small tiny indoor antenna so far but will soon be replacing it with an antenna that has a rotating motor so I can point the antenna toward different TV stations. apparently, our office sits in the middle with some of the stations in one direction and the other set of stations almost in the other direction.
There is no going back to analog once you see the difference. Heck, the quality of the picture is better than what we were getting with cable! On the same TV!
My other $40 coupon went toward another one of these. Hopefully these boxes don't die after months. fingers crossed.
What a Relief! June 4, 2009
I. Baumeister
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
After using the Access HD digital converter(don't get it!), I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find anything decent for watching tv once the conversion takes place. I took a chance on the Zinwell and it's a night-and-day improvement.
I plugged it in, connected the coaxial cables and immediately I was met with the very large and easy-to-read menu. Within seconds, it had scanned all available channels and I was watching digital channels with great picture and sound. Certain channels came in better when I adjusted the antenna, but most were perfect as-is.
The on-screen menu tells you the HD resolution and you can change the aspect ratio to make channels look better since some are 4:3 and some are widescreen. On each channel, the display tells you the current show and what is coming up next. Close captioning, sleep timer and show scheduling are also available.
The remote is laid out very well and comes with batteries.
Couldn't recommend this any more than I do.
Excellent picture quality June 20, 2009
Glory Hunter (Virginia, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am one of those people who refuse to pay cable bill. I live in Northern VA, the location and positioning of place I live did not allow me to get nothing but 2 channels with not so great resolution (with an indoor antenna). Even some of my neighbors had trouble receiving signals with some of paid dish networks. Installing Zinwell was a snap, I did not count the channels I am able to get and never heard of before, but it is more than 15. Beside those channels that I can watch crispy clear, there are channels that says "bad or no signal" on the screen. If I get up off my couch and adjust my broken antique antenna I am able to get those channels too! (I am inclined to get a new antenna). The most OUTSTANDING feature I can mention with this box is the picture Quality. I have a Panasonic TV that is about 12 years old. After installing the Zinwell I feel like I am watching a DVD on a high resolution Plasma TV. Sound have also improved where I had to lover the sound to my comfort level. Remote that comes with the unit does not do justice to the quality of box itself. It is cheaply built, over simplistic but functional! But this is a overall complaint with all the boxes, because we are spoiled by the feel of our Universal remotes. Overall I am very happy with it and I would highly recommend it.
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