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Editorial ReviewIs your TV ready to receive digital TV broadcasts? If it was made before 2004, chances are it doesn't have an ATSC digital tuner. That's where this TV tuner comes in. Samsung brings you great flexibility for delivering FREE over-the-air digital television signals to a DTVready television or DTV-capable computer monitors. Award-winning Samsung technology easily tunes and decodes all 18 ATSC Table 3 broadcast formats. With the Samsung DTB-H260F, you can view HDTV and SDTV. You can listen to Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio through your audio system (5.1 surround sound is encoded in ATSC HDTV broadcasts). Samsung solves output worries with a wide selection of output options including 1080i, 720p or 480p/i DTV formats, and connection options including HDMI - Component Video - Composite - Audio-Right/Left, Dolby Digital Optical. Attractive styling and affordable pricing make the Samsung DTB-H260F a perfect solution for upgrading your TV to receive DTV. High-gloss, stylish design Remote control Parent control Time zone setting Intuitive signal strength indicator Plug & play for easy setting Intuitive & iconic menu Advanced electronic program guide Mini guide with transparency Full guide with all information Channel info management Unit Dimensions - 10.64 x 1.58 x 7.88 / Weight - 3.3 lbs Note - Free HDTV broadcasts require this tuner and an extra HDTV antenna. Antenna is not included in the price of this tuner. Samsung brings you great flexibility for delivering FREE over-the-air digital television signals to a DTVready television or DTV-capable computer monitors. Award-winning Samsung technology easily tunes and decodes all 18 ATSC Table 3 broadcast formats. With the Samsung DTB-H260F, you can view HDTV, SDTV, and listen to Dolby® Digital 2.0 stereo or Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround audio through your audio system. Samsung solves output worries with a wide selection of output options including 1080i, 720p or 480p/i DTV formats, and connection options including HDMI (1), Component (1),Composite (1), Audio-Right/Left, Dolby® Digital Optical. Attractive styling and affordable pricing make the Samsung DTB-H260F a perfect solution. Feature List
- On-Screen Signal Strength Indicator
Have the ability to view whether or not you are receiving a strong signal which may be affecting the quality of your on-screen imagery. - Full Guide
To find your favorite programs or to see what is currently on and/or available, you will have access to a full guide - Mini Guide
For a short list and not to interfere with current viewing you can utilize the mini guide to check concurrent programming. - Intuitive and Iconic Menu
Select the right settings to get the optimal picture.
Features:
- Digital terrestrial receiver
- All 18 ATSC formats
- HDMI, component, composite, S/PDIF (optical)
- High gloss, stylish design
Customer Reviews:
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
- Dissapointed...
EXPECTATION: A full featured TV tuner to be used with a HD monitor.
REALITY: A glorified DTV tuner, much like the $50 units offered with the exception of an HDMI, Toslink & RGB output.
PROS: It provides a quality video output.
CONS: Weak line level audio output performance, WIll not receive SD cable broadcast, Very slow startup, Only controlled from the remote, Weak menus for channel setup & very slow channel learning.
This product did not do what I expected nor does it preform... more info
- Only good for HDMI TV inputs
I need to supplement the analog tuners in my DVRs. This unit is useless for anything that does not have a RGB or HDMI input. The sound quality using analog connections is awful, too. The unit produces a loud buzz on the audio channels that makes hearing any sounds practically impossible.
You cannot use this unit on an analog-only TV or a VCR or DVR with analog-only inputs. I tried every connection on the back of the box & could not get a picture through my recorder. The RGB component connection... more info
- Good reception but very buggy
Not wanting to pay for poor local cable service, I put up a rooftop antenna and used this tuner with an older 720p LCD TV. Set-up was a brick wall at first because the manual isn't very useful. Finding auto-scan got things going. An online web site translating DTV to channel frequencies helped in manually adding channels that needed antenna rotation.
HDTV colors are rich and cinema-like though the HDMI port. Digital audio and video quality is as good as the TV station can provide. Reception is very... more info
- Did not work for me
The receiver can pickup only one channel and that too without audio! The rest of the channels are reported as weak signal or no signal. I have used other receivers that work fine with my Sylvania ED TV. I bought it because it had component out and was reasonably priced. Too bad, it did not work for me.
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