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 enlarge | Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $139.99
Rating:  45 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 17.7 x 12.8 x 5.9
MPN: SIR-T451/XAA
Model: SIR-T451/XAA
UPC: 036725145108
EAN: 0036725145108
ASIN: B00064L1AI
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| Customer Reviews:
 SIR-T451 January 9, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Purchased mainly as an input source for ReplayTV and it works wonderfully well for that. It has a special channel quirk that allows it to be controlled by the ReplayTV unit. For example, the ReplayTV sends the unit a 29, it automatically changes to 29.1.
The downscaled 1080i to SVID is very good.
Con: The picture is on the dark side, but you can likely compensate for it with your TV/Display. The unit itself has no control for image darkness.
Works well for antennas January 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the second SIR-T451 that I have purchased.
The unit works very well.
I cannot justify the cost of cable and prefer to use an antenna for viewing over-the-air TV signals.
When we purchased an HDTV and hooked it up to the antenna earlier this year, 22 HD stations came in beautifully, along with 15 analog (Washington DC area). But I needed a way to record these programs.
Since my VHS recorder could not find the HD stations, I use the SIR-T451 to feed it.
 It works, but... January 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had this tuner about three months now. On the plus side, it works. The last tuner model I had, which shall remain nameless, had heat dissipation problems, and burned itself out after a few months. I went through three of them in a year, and when the third one burned out, the manufacturer gave me my money back. This one seems to run much cooler, so I don't anticipate that problem.
On the plus side, it does what it's supposed to do, which is tune in HDTV signals. I pass the video out into my VCR, so I can record digital shows on VHS tape if/when I want to (Tivo? what's a Tivo?), and from there to my NTSC TV. I've found the signal strength meter easier to access on this unit than the last one I had, which is handy, since I have a rotor on my antenna. I can set the unit for a channel, display the meter, and rotate the antenna until I get an optimal signal. Then I made a list of the best setting for each channel that I keep near my remotes. All this may not be necessary if you live in a major metropolitan area, but I live in Vermont, and am picking up Boston TV stations, 100 miles away, so it's nice to be able to optimize, or the stations will keep cutting in and out.
On the negative side, when you're displaying a wide format show on a standard TV, the borders on top and bottom are light grey, not black, which drives my son nuts. It doesn't really bother me, it's just unusual. If you're showing a 4x3 program in letter box mode, the top and bottom are grey, but the sides are black, even stranger. A bit more annoying is when you hit zoom on a show that's being broadcast in 4x3 format, it magnifies a bit too much horizontally, you lose a little bit of the picture on either side. People on the screen get a bit fatter than they ought to be. One other annoying thing about the unit is when you scroll through channels, it take a couple of seconds per channel to switch, you can't just hit the button on the remote three times fast and have it go up three channels. So I find myself punching in the channel number directly. It's not the end of the world, it's just annoying.
All in all, the last tuner I had was such a nightmare, it's nice to have one that seems reliable, but I can't help wondering if there isn't something better out there. If not, and if you really don't want to scrape up the scratch to replace your existing TV with a real HDTV, by all means get this one.
 Didn't Work November 9, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This product failed to work with any of the three different antennas I tried. It simply kept reading zero signal strength. I ultimately returned it and wasted the S&H charges.
Didn't work! November 7, 2006
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was extremely excited when I received this product and have had good success with Samsung products. However, when I made all the connections, the unit didn't work. I was disapointed and frustrated. All the connections and settings were correct, but it didn't work. I have an older DVI connection instead of the newer HDMI digital connection.
I returned the product and bought the Humax brand HDTV tuner. I bought a DVI to HDMI cable and connected the unit. It works like a charm! I don't know what was wrong with the Samsung SIR-T451, but I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. I'm also having second thoughts about Samsung products now. It seems like the reliability/quality factor of Samsung products has declined now that they are more mainstream.
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