Picked up an APEX converter box

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I see many of the thrifts are getting more for DTV converters. I'm glad, I bought them when they first started appearing.
The RCA's and the GE's seem to be the weakest performers, followed by the earlier Magnavox's and the Apex's.
I have all kinds of odd brand units, for comparison sake.
BTW, I had to replace the 1000 mfd@ 16volt 'lytic in my oldest Insignia, the 2nd time in 7 years. I never shut my units off.

The second one this month!
A Zenith converter that I use at home. I use a DTV converter to watch the locals and the subs, even though I have cable.
We had a power outage on of all days, Thanksgiving when all the utilities have just a skeliton crew. It was corrected in about an hour.
The converter worked perfect before the outage and the TV, it was connected to was on. Upon power restore, the converter was totally dead in the water. No indicator lite, no response from the buttons or the remote. It seemed like the power supply was out in this one. Upon examining, it was that same bulging 1000mfd, 16 volt cap.
It's great when the problems are self-diagnosing.