Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Receiver

Everything was great until it started losing channels. I would be watching a program and the channel would just disappear. The only way to get the channel back was to do a full scan and it would only last for 15 minutes or so before it would disappear again. Nice product if it was reliable.

This Samsung Terestrial Receiver worked even better than I expected. My 2004 30" Mitsubishi LCD TV has a DVI input, not HDMI, and was manufactured years before the digital switch. The Samsung works very well with my 30' outdoor antenna. I'm in Sacramento and pick up many San Francisco-Bay Area stations in 1080-720-480. All I had to do was purchase a HDMI to DVI converter. I turned my Comcast HD boxes in and I'm saving $110.00 a month. GREAT PRODUCT FOLKS!

I have an early Panasonic plasma with no built-in TV tuner. When my stand-alone Samsung SIR-T451 digital tuner started dying, I desperately tried to find a new stand-alone HDTV tuner. To my dismay, I found out they don't make them anymore! There is one -- it's built into a Toshiba DVD recorder, but the sound output is stereo ONLY; no Dolby surround sound.
Then I discovered a seller by the name of "snagx" was selling used Samsung DTBH260F HDTV receivers through amazon.com. Leery of buying something used over the internet, I emailed the seller (snagx) asking if the DTBH260F was incompatible with my audio/video setup, could I return it. He graciously replied he would consider a return if the unit was incompatible. Based on this fact, I gambled and ordered a used but "like new" unit from snagx through amazon.com.
Boy was I astonished! The used DTBH260F tuner was beyond my wildest expectations! My old tuner [SIR-T451] was a piece of junk in comparison to the DTBH260F. The picture quality is astonishing, and the station capture is rock solid; no fade-outs. The big bonus is the automatic surround sound. Whatever the station is broadcasting, that's what you get. If it's Dolby 5.1, it automatically locks in (depending on your home theatre system). If you are in need of a stand alone HDTV tuner, I highly recommend the Samsung DTBH260F, and highly recommend the seller, "snagx" through amazon.com.

Had it 6 months before it quit working. Good picture and sound while it was working. I don't recommend spending the money for only 6 months.

This unit was just ok. It worked well with the exception of pulling in one channel that all my other tvs could. The remote is simple and well laid out which was helpful since I could not find codes that would work this device for my Onkyo multi-purpose remote.

The negatives included poor build quality on the optical audio connection. It broke the first time I plugged in a cable. The guide was very slow, especially if you moved beyond the five or so channels that show at once on the screen.

The biggest downer is that it just will not power up after 18 months of use. The unit is protected from surge by a Monster Reference PowerCenter HTS 5000 MKII and all the other devices connected to it are fine.

If you want a long term solution for a display with no tuner beware!