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Rating 3.7 out of 5 stars with 1279 reviews

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    Rating 3.8 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 3.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 3.7 out of 5 stars

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70%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers consistently note the Digital TV Converter Box with Digital Video Recorder's easy setup, recording capabilities, and affordable price. Many users appreciate its ability to record TV programs onto an external hard drive and its compatibility with various antennas. However, concerns are raised regarding the durability of the product, with reports of remote control issues and short lifespans.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Picture quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy set up

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    was easy to set up, great picture, scanning for new channels is easy

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Alure-tek

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect for USB flash drives 2.0 & 3.0 video playback, but some of the videos would freeze and requiring a reboot. Not easy to use. Must read user's manual. This is not a plug in and play device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Remote control

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Ok to use

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's ok but remote is clunky compared to other models I've used. It slow changing channels.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Picture quality

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Bad for recording TV. Please save your $$

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this primarily for an Over The Air digital recorder. That was my first mistake. We tried it for a football game, but almost every play would skip for a second or so and cause you to miss important details. I would not recommend this for football or any other sports. I was using a Sandisk 128GB flash drive designed for USB 3.0 speeds to record the game. Also: upon first plugging the unit in, it was all blurry and jumping around like a nintendo cartridge that wasn't seated correctly. It looked like a buggy time-warp TV show or something. It turns out that I had to go into the menu and adjust the signal to 1080 non-interlaced (or something similar) for my TV to work with this device. After adjusting the resolution setting, the picture was actually viewable like a real TV. But the recording is still TERRIBLE! After failed attempts at finding and changing any settings that would fix the issue, we returned this unit. Thankfully Best Buy was willing to accept the return of this poor quality TV recorder.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dvr, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for antenna users!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love to be able to record my favorite shows. Works well and so easy to use

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Picture quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good device

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Grwat picture using hdmi. Would be perfect if the display showed the actual channel information.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Not for ROKU tvs

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This product is not compatible with my ROKU tv. for example the power button also turns off my tv. There are several other keys that operate the tvs various functions. They are too many to list here. Overall the product is good. but you can't use a lot of key functions.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dvr

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Antenna digital converter works well

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works as advertised. Works well via HDMI and antenna to my outdoor projector.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Superb HD recording.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Has a few design flaws like being slow, Needs of frequently booting. Anything is better than being a Cable or Satellite slave. Display is useless. Everything is on the TV screen. Records audio only in PCM, not Dolby Surround. Programming recording is a little complicated.Not possible to record Monday to Friday only shows, will record the whole week instead.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dvr

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Digital over the air receiver

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Sold interface and I like the option to add hard drive for a DVR

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dvr

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Tv box

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does a good job. Can work as a DVR with a usb drive. Menu’s not that easy to follow naming your recordings. Needs improvement

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great easy to use.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Price was great. Not hard to figure out. Would highly recommend.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dvr

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect solution!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Exactly what I needed! The coaxial input on a TV I don’t have cable to quit working. I needed something for the HDMI input to use as an antenna. This product works great and brings in lots of channels. One of my friends had the same problem. She saw how well mine works and bought one for herself!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    My new converter box

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This converter box is clearer reception than my other converter box. The directions are not clear as to how to retrieve the recording. I need to go on line and see if those directions are better. I would like to buy another one for another tv.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    User interface

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Does the jjob - UI could be better

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I needed a tuner for my projector set up. This does the job, but it's got a weak User interface in my opinion.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Doesn’t last long

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this for my grandmother. Stoped working after a week.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Converter box

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It didn’t last even 2 years. I had a 2 year warranty.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Recording

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Mr T

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    does want I want for recording grit on antennae TV

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good Product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Setup is easy, channels are good, need good antenna, good converter box.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Using it for local channel on a tv with no tuner. This helps the indoor antenna to work. It works great! Less money than buying a TV with a tuner to get local. Money well spent.

    I would recommend this to a friend