RCA DTA800 demo (Los Angeles, CA)

This is a brief demo of the RCA DTA800. I didn't cover everything, but hopefully you'll have a better idea if this tuner is the right one for you. Enjoy and feel free to leave comments

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• RCA
• DTA800
• DTV
• HDTV
• Los
• Angeles
• ATSC

[Bobping3]

How would you connect a vcr? Would the converter box feed the vcr and then the vcr would feed the tv? Or would you need 2 converter boxes? Could you watch one station while recording another.

Thanks

Bob

[markazali]

For a vcr setup, i would probably go DTV box RCA out to VCR RCA IN, then RCA/Antenna out to TV. There doesn't appear to be an kind of dual output ability. You would need another box.

[albear972]

Hi,

I have a question. Forgive me for sounding dumb. But was the TV quality improved over using the analog antenna? Youtube's video quality is crappy and I can't tell if the video quality improved or not.

Thanks

[markazali]

yes. its improved.

[madizzle27]

Hello.. been digging rather hard on hdtv converter boxes... am interested in the zenith dtt900 and rca dta800...

BUT...

I am seeing that not all channels are going digital come feb. 2009.. doesn't this make it important to have an analog pass through box then, considering the rca dta800 does not have analog pass through?

thanks...

~M

[markazali]

Guess it depends on if you care for the channels that aren't going digital... There's only a handful I watch myself...

[nslswan]

thanks 4 doing this ...good job

[cybermiguelo]

of course it will work. ;)

[wtbsfan]

i got the RCA DT800 TOO!

[lay4life]

Fuck the TV, how can i get 5.1 speakers with analog connect to my optical out sound card?????

[6of6]

If you're in So Cal, you might want to go up on the roof and point the antenna towards Mt. Wilson because that's where most of the signals are coming from.

[brianpomona18]

This box works ok, but has frozen before when it's struggling to get a weak signal. It crashed so hard that i couldn't turn it off, so I had to unplug it. This happened about three times. Otherwise it works. I must add though, that after strong winds moved the rooftop antenna, we stopped being able to get FOX 11. We tried with a TV with a built-in digital tuner, hooked up the exact same antenna input from the box, and it picked up FOX 11 fine.

[6of6]

Aren't there remote control programming quides on the manual. BTW, the remote will control RCA tvs out of the box!

[6of6]

I have a couple of DTA800B1's which work very well. One of them has newer firmware and picks up 4 more subchannels. Does anyone know of a way to upgrade the firmware on these boxes?

[tug97]

I have the zenith dtt901 and bought this RCA one in a thrift store today and the zenith is a lot easier to use.

[RULAS41306]

can you please tell me how to get the remote to operate tv thank you very much

[brainman214]

mark,interesting that i can use the RCA AV cables on the back of my VCR/DVD player as a source to connect to the back of my new converter currently en route to my location.Min e is an Acces HD which is the same size as the RCA unit you have.I look forward to seeing more channels Cable Sucks when they don't offer multicasting! Thanks for doing this vid In LA! Brainy

[xphatonex1]

Ok I have same box. But I can't get no more then 5 ch. I have a smart ant but it will not let get no more then 5 what can I do.

[akinolaadeusi]

if u plug your Digital TV Converter Box to cable u get over 200 channel or more

[jaime3mc]

two languages??!

[rob11rod]

got a question dude. i have an old tv and the built-in tuner isn't working. i see that you use the RCA wires from the box to the tv. now will my tv work if i'll use the RCA wires too, without using the antenna out in the box? thanks man

[tug97]

I can tell by what is on your T.V. that you filmed this on a Sunday.

[scooterboy1968]

my mother in law got this exact DTV convter box, and after getting a Channel Master UHF/VHF antenna, she gets 19 channels, and it is wonderful

[yuandrew]

Zenith is currently owned by Korea based Lucky-GoldStar (LG)

[andrewgta38]

of the 3 different brands of digital boxes, this is the best one.

[luckyray777]

this wont work with basic cable i know but is there a way to bypass it or another thing i can use as a tuner

[Neocon2008]

Yes. I have a giant antenna and pick up signals from over 300+ miles away.

[arjl880]

Thank you so much bro. This is very useful video because I planed on buying this exact digital box. Good job.

[Aliendear]

The RCA DTA800 has an amazing picture, DVD Quality.

I just bought the DTA800 yesterday, the DTA800B1. I am just amazed at the picture. Better than Cable Television.

Commercials stand right out at you. And colors are more vivid. Not a single shadow and every line is sharp.

[lelodsik12]

do you think if i got a better antenna id get more channels??????????

[evlucky7]

Thanks for posting I was looking to see if the box had the smart antenna and RCA doesn't have this product posted on their website anymore.

[hyperkid1995]

u r lucky when i hook my antenna to my HDTV all i get is WLFI (CBS) on 18.1 it's over 30 miles away but i get it at like 90 % with my indoor antenna