Customer Ratings & Reviews

We bought this to watch and record tv shows when the old converter box became obsolete-it works well but the playback graphics are choppy sometimes and the audio is louder than regular tv, I have to turn the volume up to 19 in order to hear. The best part, I can get some of the channels the living room tv doesn't get which is a very good thing.

Setup and instillation instructions are somewhat confusing but can be managed via trial and error. Unit works fine initially, I can not talk about longevity.

Unit was very easy to setup and the small compact size made it easy to place.

This item is now two years old. It was purchased for its DVR feature. It is subject to periodic random reboots and periodically loses track of crucial details of the programmed recordings to be made, resulting in scheduled recordings being missed. This unit uses an external hard disk (limited to 2TB) for it's storage. The disk is encrypted so that recordings cannot be copied off to other, larger media (likely by agreement with content creators).

easy to set up good in put easy channel easy to use

Everything works as it should. My only gripe is the channel information displays way to long for my taste. When switching back and forth between NFL games you have a large gray box that blocks the bottom of the screen every time. Would be nice to have a setting to avoid this.

A better instruction manual would sure help. It does the job, with many options, but I have to try to remember how I did it each time. For instance, I'm not sure how to start watching a program from the beginning that I am currently recording, or do I need to wait till the recording is completely finished before I can start watching it?

It is relatively easy to program and records as desired

although the instructions were /are a bit difficult; the unit decided to work inspite of the wrong buttons we were punching. all of a sudden it decided to auto search and find the channels and that was very smooth going. we are still trying to figure out what buttonss to push to delete saved shows, or rename them or even to navigate the various places to find thing's. we are old and disabled and find it a bit difficult. but i hope we will be able to figure it out. perhaps if your instructions were written for a third grader we could find it easier to navigate.

You don't need to be a geek to set this device up. It quickly re-scanned my local stations frequencies, so I was watching my shows immediately. More channels than I had before. Great. I don't know about the recording performance because that is of no interest to me.

This item has been very disappointing. The main problem I have with it is the audio. It does not record the sound as given because it has options which may or may not be picked up. The device also locks up unexpectedly. It has to be unplugged to get it to reboot as a meas of recovery. It also record the SAP narration intended for blind people. That would be fine but I have not been able to find a way to turn it off. I don;t need someone describing all the movements that are taking place place on the screen. The only thing good was the price but the price is not good when the device does not work. I have already returned the unit once and exchanged it for another one with pretty much the same problems. There is no way to demonstrate the problems to the people at the Best Buy store because they claim they do not have an antenna. When I offer to bring in an antenna, they still do not want it. This goes against what the on-line chat person had to say. They need to get their stories straight. The digital recorder function is very important to me. It is a shame I must play it back on my computer instead of being able to play back on the television. It stinks! and I wish I could get some technical support from the store or manufacturer,

Very easy to set up and use very nice picture and veyr well made. A way to record sporting event or your favorite TV show. Highly recommend. Thanks

I use it to record my favorite shows that I pick up from my TV antenna. The quality is superb. The electronic program guide (EPG) shows only few days ahead so this is a limitation. But I can record on the fly, or use the EPG and select the show I want to record, I can also record a show and at the same time watch a different show on my TV screen . I do this by switching my TV input to the TV antenna. Also, on occasion the box will get stuck and I need to re-boot it. So not perfect, but for the price, the fact that there are no subscription fees and more importantly to me no need to create an account and register to a website, I give it 5 starts

I originally bought this to use strictly as a converter but it works pretty well as a Video recorder. It has limitations like cannot play and record at the same time like a DVR and the remote must be aimed directly at the box.

It works fairly well once you setup,you need a good antenna.

this TV converter didn't last a week, but since I forgot where did I get from until today. I throwed away

This unit was easy to hook up as well as set up. The picture quality is amazing through this unit. However navigation is difficult when setting up to record shows. Sometimes it doesn't record when a preset time is entered, and when it does record, sometimes it will not play what was recorded. Annoying.

I was pleasantly surprised that this worked at this price point. It is an effective way to record over the air programs. The interface isn’t fancy, it would benefit from some simple improvements (12 hr time instead of military time for instance), but it works.

I bought this to replace my old Magnavox box that I bought when the conversion to digital happened. The quality of the picture is amazing! So happy I got this. So many more channels appeared! Also love the option of using it as a DVR.

Not having a "smart tv" nor high speed internet prevents us from enjoying options to television viewing. This device was simple to install and gives us an alternate view of watching t.v. love being able to watch recorded shows. Manual worthless. Too little print.