I had been trying to decide on a converter box for quite some time and finally went with the Tivax stb-t9.  After using it for a few days I would recommend it to anybody.  The STB-T9 comes with a lot of very good features and also gives me an excellent picture.  It also allowed me to get another 8 channels on my television than I had before getting it.  The STB-T9 is pretty small, about the size of your average novel, and comes with a remote conotrol.  Once I got home it was very easy to setup too.  All I had to do was take it out of the box and hook up 2 different wires.  Then I used the auto program function to set the channels and that was it.  If you are looking for a good converter box the Tivax stb-t9 is the real deal.