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Rating 3.7 out of 5 stars with 1285 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 frequently mention the ease of use, DVR capabilities, and recording functionality as positive aspects of the digital TV converter box. The picture quality is also praised, and the price is considered reasonable. However, some customers have concerns about the product's reliability, the remote control, the clarity of the instructions, and the user interface.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Analog TV User

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

    Does a great job of converting digital TV broadcast signal to analog signal for my analog TV set.

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

    Got to have it

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

    Great purchase, works properly for viewing television without cable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Fair

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

    This unit worked as advertised but response when pushing buttons was extremely slow to complete an action i.e. change channels.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Happy Cord Cutter

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

    Aluratek provides a crystal clear "digital" picture when connected to a good antenna and receiving a strong signal.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Converter box didn't work for live local channels

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Unfortunately this converter box didn't work on my Roku TV, I was trying to obtain free local live channels but none came up. I even attached an antenna but still nothing.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Limited quality

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

    We bought this to record a few over the air local stations but everytime we play the recordings they are pixelated. The box makes the live shows delayed in the fact the audio doesn't match the scenes on the ahow.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 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.

    Great product for the price. Had a project to complete and this worked.

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

    Great Product

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

    Works great. I use a $20 solid state drive in a $9 Sabrent usb hard drive enclosure (model EC-UASP) instead of using a usb thumb drive.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    It does record shows

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it does record shows if you baby sit it a lot. It's a little complicated to use. hard to setup recurring shows, and not easy to select past recordings to watch. I ended up not using it.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    A little tricky at first.

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

    Needed a device to record TV to watch at a later time. After figuring it out we are very satisfied.

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

    Dvr

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great to replace your VCR or DVR with. Program to record your favorite show or event. Record at 1080p 720p or 320.

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

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Don’t buy

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Thing stoped working after 7 months only used it 5 times in that time period. It’s trash

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Recordings were pixelated

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The broadcast signal for the channels that the box received was excellent. However, the USB recordings of programs had intermittent pixelation (at least every 15 seconds). Plus, the recordings were in a strange format that a number of media players couldn't play. I returned the item to Best Buy about a week after I bought it with no hassle.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    None

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

    Really good. I bought it for my mom because her old converter box didn't work.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Aluratek digital converter box

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Stopped working will not turn, do not buy, I know now by reading up on it its an on going problem, im surprised Best Buy still carry it

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Did what i needed it to do.

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

    Helped me connect and old tv. Cool llllllllllllllllllll

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

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not so great

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

    Having teouble gett*ng an picture witth the remote controll and antenna. Its just an blank page om television. I would not ask any customer to buy this item.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    I expected a little more.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The video quality and interface of this unit gets a c-/d. Buy the Insignia™ - Digital to Analog Converter Box with HDMI-output - Black instead, it is not that much more and so much better.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Mr

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great little device. I needed it to receive over the air TV signals to use a projector and big screen.

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

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Mr

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

    It didn’t work with the TV, It was easy to install but that was all. I returned it right away.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend