Zenith HDV420 HDTV Digital Video Tuner / Receiver provides a basic, entry-level way to start watching DTV and HDTV with your existing analog set, with an HDTV-ready monitor, or even a true HDTV-ready TV.

Zenith HDV420 Features

• Performs over-air, all-format HDTV reception: 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i, and native output
• Uses Zenith’s 4th-generation VSB technology for improved terrestrial/cable reception and noise immunity
• Selectable output format allows configuration on different displays in both 4:3 and 16:9 formats
• Dolby Digital 5.1-channel output for immersive surround sound when used with a compatible AV receiver and multichannel speaker system
• User-friendly graphical user interface, fast program search, digital closed-captioning

Zenith HDV420, is a terrestrial-only Digital Video Tuner/Receiver & is currently the low-price champ at $399 MSRP. The HDV420 is one-half of Zenith’s new DTV tuner lineup, the other being the HD-SAT520 which is a combo DirecTV/terrestrial receiver.

The Zenith HDV 420 has some unique outstanding features among this reviewed group of HDTV tuners. It’s the only STB in its class with both component and RGB outputs-a very important feature for plasma monitors, front projectors, and computer-type monitors that lack component-video inputs. It’s the only box with a front panel button for all four scan rates (1080i, 720p, 480p, or 480i), making it easy to change rates for multiscan devices, as well as making the HDV 420 the logical candidate for owners of fixed-pixel display devices (such as plasma, DLP, LCD, LCOS).