Magnavox TB100MW9 DTV converter box handles the basics, but pales to the competition
There are a lot of DTV converter boxes on the market now, and while they all look pretty similar from the outside, there can be significant differences in their features and performance. The Magnavox TB100MW9, widely available at Wal-Mart, is one of the more basic converter boxes we've reviewed, lacking extra features such an advanced electronic program guide, analog pass-through, or S-Video output. While we could live without the extra features, we had a harder time struggling with the poorly designed remote. That being said, the TB100MW9 does do a good job with the DTV basics, as it pulled in a respectable 24 station from our Manhattan location and its video quality was only a notch below top performing boxes. But at the end of the day, we didn't find any reason why buyers should prefer the TB100MW9 over the competing boxes on the market.
