Which Digital converter box is the good one?

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I own a channel master and two digitalstream boxes and they are good performers and have never given me any problems. I also have a Funai/Magnavox box that someone gave me and it's on the kitchen TV. I've never had a problem with it; but, it does not appear to be as sensitive as the other boxes and the maggie box has no buttons on it; so, you're screwed if you lose the remote or if the remote fails.

Don't waste your money on the Apex boxes. The first one of those that I owned came from my neighbor after he went into a nursing home. He'd only had it about a month when I got it and after about 4 hours of me using it, the thing crapped out. The symptom looked like bad power supply filter capacitors; but, I couldn't find any bad caps. Later, someone I know who sells stuff got the same type Apex box in with a bunch of junk; but, it didn't have the remote and he gave it to me. I had saved the remote from my neighbor's old box; but, this box had the exact same problem as the first one. When the first one I had worked, the performance was crappy and it got hot enough on top to fry an egg.