Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

Given the reception problems I have (low elevation of location, high surrounding bldgs, etc.) it does about as well as can be expected. Must adjust the location of the antenna for different stations, depending on the time of day and the wind direction. Still learning the remote, which lacks some features of the remote of the previous converter box. Don't like the compulsory numbering of channels, which makes the actual channel numbers of TV stations irrelevant. Digital recorder of no use to me.

Works well, but programs stick if the unit has been on constantly. Need to be turned off over night. Records well. Not sure if it can be downloaded to a computer since it has a PVR extension, Better than some other boxes.

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.

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.

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?

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 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.

Not an over the air DVR. Cannot watch begining of recorded program while it is recording. Not sure if it allows signal to go through coaxial output while recording because TV and device are connected to separate antennas. NTFS formating required for flash or thumb drive. During playback the audio goes out of sync when fasting forwarding thru commercials, but if recording stopped and resumed it goes back into sync.

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.

I had brought a different brand last year and it kept resetting this one hasn't so far and have had it for a while plus the remote is MUCH BETTER than the other one it's bigger and easier to read, it works GREAT when cable is too expensive and it allows me to watch my recorded shows at a some other time!! Would suggest buying at least a 1 or 2 gigabyte Seagate backup plus slim portable storage to hold recordings, the smaller hard drives won't do much and act up after awhile! I haven't tried to record and watch another channel option yet and the other one doesn't have that option, I'm quite happy with the purchase so far and has brought one for my father to record his old cowboy shows in the back room where he does not have the cable monster!! Would recommend this product!

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 had been looking for a extender for my tv for the longest. The lady at best buy told me I needed a converter box instead. I purchased the box and went home and connected it to my tv. I was able to catch over 30 channels depending on where and how the antenna was positioned. I caught the channels I wanted to watch and then some

Cat knocked over TV broke coaxial cable input off tv Body. Hooked this up to coax and HDMI to TV works great with a little lag time to get synced.

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.

I am still learning how to maximize using this, but so far it's been good. I'd like to add a hard drive to it, so that I can record and store more shows, since it takes me a while to go through shows. Seems to work well, but takes a little time getting used to it. It's a little different from the type of DVR that came with my DirecTV.

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.

I wanted to use the HDMI cable that I had connected to my TV when I had Frontier Cable so I bought this converter box. It works fine. It was easy to install but not that easy to use some of the features.

I purchased this digital converter box because my TV antenna plug in is broken off. It was very easy to install and set up to watch regular over the air antenna programming. This box even allows you to record live telivision!

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