Wintal WIN1XS

OK – Good, cheap, basic set top box. Good signal pickup, picture, sound. Easy to set up. Low price, especially now its superceded. Too big. Big box for a few circuit boards. A little dated looking.... It's gotta be at least 18 months old!

Good – Even manages a clear mostly uninterupted signal via a standard indoor antenna with amplification (have not gor a point moved to the new TV position) Looks great on 16:9 widescreen TV, anybody not with a digital set top box whom have a widescreen TV HAVE to get one! It is a small outlay to get the best quality and a full screen! Managed to get one at ebay for well under $200 and having tried the DGTec and similar cheap alternitives I would have to say this beats them handsdown. Lack of a digital audio output is a real downer though so it gets 4 instead of 5. Highly recommene Easy Setup

Nice GUI

Remote easy to use

Picture quality superb via all connectors

Standard S-Video and RCA outputs

RCA AV Cable included

Easy to read OSD and can set transparency

EPG (Electronic Program Guide)is extremely useful and pops up on all channels by a

Firmware upgradable from http://www.wintel.com.au

Highly configurable.

Local Support! Yet another remote control (however this is standard for all STB that are not intergrated into a TV etc)

Volume down from my Kenwood Amplifier also turns down the volume on the STB but not the other way round

SCART lead needed for highest quality component video output

Only Standard Definition

No Digital Audio output (Optical or Coaxial) - Not for the audiophiles such as myself!

Terrible – I was one of the first to get on board with digital and bought this STB in the first week after it was released. I have had to spend extra money on antenna and leads and many hours on and in the roof but STILL I cannot get through a half hour program without the sound dropping out. Good connections. Channel Display. Lousy tuner. Signal continually dropping out even after upgrading antenna (external) and leads (quad shield antenna lead and fly cable).