Customer Ratings & Reviews

The tuner/recorder works well. The remote, however, needs to be almost perfectly in line with the box, and the buttons are somewhat temperamental. Also, be aware that to get usable recordings,use a USB with a high write speed. I tried 4 different PNY USB flash drives, but none could not keep up with the streaming. The symptoms include a mosaic picture and the sound and video getting out of sync. I then tried Sandisk and the recordings are great.

I REALLY LOVE YOUR PRODUCT. I BOUGHT 3 OF THEM... I RECORD OFF ANTENNA, AND IT REALLY BEATS THE OLD DVD RECORDERS HANDS DOWN.. YOUR ONLINE MANUAL WAS A LITTLE HARD TO FIGURE OUT, BUT I FOUND OUT ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

The item works super great. ( It doesn't come with a hard drive) You will need to buy extra USB thumb drives to record live tv. I found if you buy the 30 gb thumb drives they work great and you can recorded entire movies. You might also want to look in to buying extra software if you wish to edit the recorded tv shows later on. I thought the device works great and the user manual was easy to understand to.

It was simple to install and tune in the channels. It offers good image quality. Before using, ensure you have a suitable antenna and remove the plastic from the box to prevent it from overheating and burning out.

This is a very simple PVR recorder.It's imperative to purchase a external memory disk at least 1 TB.Set up is a little complicated but intuitive.Needs a strong TV signal to work properly.Records audio digitally but not Dolby Digital;only in PCM format.Sometimes freezes and the unit needs to be unpluged for a few seconds or turn it off and on again.The front display is useless;only shows USB when recording or playing.The picture with a HDMI cable is superb. Unfortunatelly the broadcasters not always include the programming guide and setting recording is a guess. All the few inconveniences are nil comparing with not having to pay an arm and a leg for local TV.

I got this unit as an inexpensive way to process over the air digital broadcast signals to my home tv. It has HDMI, red/yellow/white input/output cords, and co-ax in/out ports, so it works with digital and analog tvs. It was VERY easy, almost intuitive, to scan for channels. I live in NW Illinois and it was able to receive Rockford and Quad City stations with a standard high gain roof antenna, not a digital tv antenna. It can record if you add a USB storage device. Pleased with this purchase!

This over-the-air DVR has been working as desired. I love not having to rush home to watch a show because it is being recorded. The picture quality is lacking and the device locks up occasionally, and I have to reboot. But overall it is good. Also, the remote operates my electric fireplace (turns on fire and blutooth). The original fireplace remote is missing...so thx.

On my third one. Bought the store insurance this time. Inexpensive & works well until it doesn't. Last about a year so far, hence recommend the insurance. Great for what we use it for, Recording Antenna feed TV shows to a storage stick. One time unit died. Next time remote died. Less than $50 so repair not offered.

So far so good. The instructions are basically useless. I noticed one comment that mentioned the clear plastic covering on the unit. The plastic completely covers the vent ducts on the unit. It is not easy to see and if Not removed will undoubtedly cause the unit to fail. The “instructions” make no mention of the plastic covering. No instructions on how to remove unwanted channels. Two tuner function is hokey at best. YouTube has a review that explains the two tuner functionality better than I can.

I use this because my TV has no audio out jacks to to hook up a stereo for better sound. It can act as a DVR too. It works as it should. I am pleased with it.

This is a great unit for your antenna tv. Easy setup and plenty of channels for the price.

I bought this Converter Box to record "over the air" broadcast TV programs; it has served this purpose with no issues. If you're not Tech savvy or don't enjoy fiddling with electronics, the procedure for setting this up for recording and playback may prove to be a little confusing. I found a quick video on YouTube (may have been created by Aluratek or another converter box company); this proved to be quite helpful.

This unit was available with a great price and easy to use features. I would recommend to a friend if you want / need to save some money and unplug.

I just bought this dual tuner over the air dvr and I was initially happy with my purchase. That is until this box started to reboot itself during my programs. It's possible that I received a faulty unit but due to this issue, it's safe to say that this problem is probably present in other units as well. I will be returning the dvr to best buy this week.

Seems to be working good so far. I use it to record ota shows. I've had 2 or 3 of these convertors in another brand the past few years and they all had the same UI. All worked good just didn't last a long time. Hopefully this one is more durable but either way is still a good inexpensive way to record if you have a usb storage device.

I spent nearly two weeks going around in circles with at Tablo 4th Gen vs. my legacy TV. Their tech support was worthless. So I returned it to BestBuy and bought this Aluratek. Worked just fine right out of the box. No problems at all. I absolutely LOVE the fact that recordings are on my USB drive (sold separately), and they're in a standard MTS format that I can import into other software (e.g., Premiere Pro). Audio and video are sometimes slightly out of synch by a second or two, but Premiere Pro easily fixes that. And unlike the Tablo 4th Gen, this unit actually has an HDMI output so I can see it on my legacy TV. I never once got the Tablo to play back anything that was watchable. Horrible experience with Tablo. Great experience with Aluratek, and much cheaper!

One down fall of this item is you can not change it from military time to 24 hour time and maybe it’s my remote but it does not work well at distance.

This is a very good digital converter and does it well. The only problem is a complicated use remote control.

Seems to work best turning off & rebooting each day.

There are quite handy for those of us who still have analog TVs that work well otherwise. Mine do not have any DVD or VCR player attached so I cannot speak to how that part of the remote works.