External QAM tuner with HDMI output

[ArgMeMatey]

I'm looking for an external ATSC/QAM tuner with HDMI, or component, output.  

Not surprisingly, the guy at Best Buy looked at me like I was from Mars.  

Amazon's unit is showing "not available".   The Centronics ZAT502 seems to be out of stock at the two places I looked.  And I'm not even sure the Centronics does QAM.  I could probably get along without QAM by using the TV's built-in tuner for Time Warner.  

Is there a current production unit besides the Centronics with an HDMI or composite output?

[klwillis45]

Composite? Do you mean component?

[ArgMeMatey]

Composite? Do you mean component?

Oops.  Thanks.  I fixed it.  Would have been nice if somebody had come up with more different names for these!  I screw them up all the time.

[budda]

Pretty reasonable ,,,,hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/ATSC-TUNER-HD-CONVERTER-BOX-STB-DTV-DIGITAL-HDTV-HDMI_W0QQitemZ320423528028QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item4a9abb065c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[ArgMeMatey]

Pretty reasonable ,,,,hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/ATSC-TUNER-HD-CONVERTER-BOX-STB-DTV-DIGITAL-HDTV-HDMI_W0QQitemZ320423528028QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item4a9abb065c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Thanks.  Not sure why I didn't think to check eBay.  From there I found a KWorld that will apparently do both ATSC and QAM with a HDMI output.

[Northern Fringe]

I just bought a KWorld SA290-Q LE from Newegg and installed it this weekend.  It's working great.  Mine doesn't have HDMI out, but I'm using the component output.  On Charter cable, I'm able to receive all the Music Choice channels plus maybe 50 other channels of broadcast TV, regional local access stations, C-SPAN and Wisconsin Eye.  You just have to get used to the goofy channel numbers, for example I have to enter 90-1002 to get TMJ-4.  The channel numbers, I've been told, stay consistent.  I know that Time Warner shuffles the channel numbers frequently.

The video quality from the unit is good so far, I would recommend it.  Note that I'm watching it on a 13" standard def TV that has a component input (no hi-def monitor), but it works nicely as a converter for the old TV.