Customer Ratings & Reviews

crap would not buy again it was too bad hard too use

Purchased to work with Spectrum cable but was unable to get it to work.

the item is totally unuseful, i bought it seems its not a usefull item

Didn’t do what they said it would do. I tried a different one brand.

Hard to figure out how to get it to work. Returned it.

Works good for the price. Comes with remote control

Locks up all the time, then reboots. No new software updates. Recording programs is not user friendly. It’s was cheap so I just deal with it.

Love this you can record shows on it when you don’t have time to watch them

I’ve had this model previously and it lasted three years works very well.

Great! This works exactly as expected, and I have had no issues with it.

this item is ok doesnt really work to well but it does its job

I’m weird and like to collect VHS tapes and decided to record some of my favorite TV shows onto them. My VCR was made in 1989 so obviously it wouldn’t have a digital tuner (and it’s a VCR so it won’t regardless of when it was made). I bought this, connected my antenna to the box, the box to my VCR, my VCR to my TV, plugged everything in and it all went very smoothly. Channel scanning went quick, setup was very simple (I went with 480i because I’m just recording my favorite shows onto VHS with it). Everything is running so smoothly and I have no complaints at all!

I couldn't find it at Walmart where I went first. I went to Best buy and its was available!

So slow to react or respond to remote that we returned it. I don't have the patience. Too many other choices that are working the way they should to waste time with this one.

works like a charm get over 22 channels just what I need

Fixed the problem that we were having without a tuner!

Nothing wrong with its hardware, and was lucky to find it on sale. It seems to be one of 4 or 5 Chinese boxes being sold around $50. The good... signal strength indicator on both channel info and manual scan. Which is very helpful on antenna setup. Pass through option, so no need to use the internal modulator on Ch 3 or 4. Manual picture mode setting. Example, if your TV is 1080p or above, you can set the box to 1080i and use your TV to upscale or deinterlace better than the box. I have a 1080p TV and set my box to 720p, because most of the channels are 720p at best in my area. Not saying the box can upscale properly or deinterlace, just the TV will do a better job, unless it is cheap Visio, Walmart special. Box can power powered Antenna, but there are many antenna boosters that use their own external power input, which is not compatible. The difference being the box feeds power through the in line filtration, where as the external power connection on most boosters have DC blocking on the output filtration. The box has has a very good antenna pre amp stage. So a booster is not needed, if you obtain a 5db or 7db antenna and your TV towers are within 100 miles with limited obstruction, a booster would cause audio echo and screen cutouts. A booster probably would work with a 3db antenna. Signals that range around 48 to 52 on the scale and are stable enough, will have full functionality with this box. Pure digital pass through on HDMI, or selective pcm for down converstion. Games, yes like android hidden features on phones, the setup has games for days when nothing of interest is on the channels. My box has Sept 2020 firmware. It may have some fixes, most complain about with early pr pre 2020 boxes. I suggest obtaining an external drive. I use a hybrid SSD HD. Setup is fairly easy, remote is one of the better given on the various clones available. The only issue with remote, is that the button layout is a wee cumbersome on layout. Would prefer volume and channel more like a TV remote, higher up for easier use with thumb, when grabbed at the center. Stuff that is annoying... Region is off. Central time corresponds to Mountian time. Also no option to change 24hr clock to 12 hr clock. Some times, not often, you may need to power off with remote if signal strength drops for no apparent reason or becomes unstable. Unable to grab guide info on the fly, while on the fly while shifting between channel information. The only way to get quick results, is to get out of the guide, change the channel, then bring up the guide. Remote may effect some tv funtions. The mute button effects Samsung TV with AnyNet+, if held too long. Must quickly tap the mute button, else held down too long will cause disconnect with anynet+ and go to internal tuner. Support only issues firmware updates, when and if they choose to. No active support in keeping firmware downloads open to the public. All in all we don't use local broadcast much, so the box is not a primary area of concern when Prime Video, Netflix, Sling, TVPlayer, Crackle, Pluto, Tubi, Movies Anywhere and Vudu on my Shield TV. Just cheaper not to have what's free around me, be an expensive add-on to my packages. If you can get a good deal on it, it's a great bargain.

If I could say anything good about this product I would say that it has snake the game on it just like my old Nokia. Other than that it’s utter crap

DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS DEVICE. IT DOESN'T KEEP THE PROGRAMMING INFORMATION IN ITS MEMORY. IT FAILED ON SO MANY LEVELS. VERY FRUSTRATING.

It's easy to connect everything, once you connect everything follow the instructions and it will guide you correctly. You might have to read it out loud to yourself to understand what exactly they want you to do. Once your set up it's fairly easy to record ...once again just follow the directions on how to record....If I had to be critique it would be not knowing how many gigs you'll need on a flash drive to record say a ballgame.