Customer Ratings & Reviews

I'm having issues with the channels maintaining clarity, some channels just disappear from the FAVORITES area because of it. I need to turn it on/off every so often whenever there's an audio mismatch with the visual. The instructions are not complete.

Works well. Remote could be a little bigger though.

the batteries on the remote are not secure so i have to open the remote and push them back in!..other than that it does what it’s suppose to do!..easy setup!

Gives me multiple channels, easy set up and doesn’t take up much space. Great buy for the money.

Works as advertised. The unit makes it easy to find channels. It reminds me of the old cable box from years past,but handles the task well.

Pulls all the channels. Remote has to be pointed directly at the box, but that's a minor issue.

This is a great, simple solution to getting digital TV access without monthly payments. Very simple setup. Just plug in an antenna. I plugged the unit into a projector in my man cave, and now no need for an extra cable box. I use HDMI but I was pleased to see the other connection options. I am very happy with this purchase.

I would rate this product no better then average. This is the 3rd different brand of dvr I have bought. They all have the same problems. When trying to record they all say going to record mode and they all go to unknown error leaving. The only way I can record is to power down the machine and then set the recording. Then it will record the programs set, When recording a 1080 programs it has program drop outs. It works fine on 480 programs. For these reasons I would not recommend this machine. If you can work around the problems it would do until a better more reliable machine comes out on the market.

pro: easy to use. no fees/subscriptions needed to use. great for recording off of an antenna (I don’t have cable). con: the remote range is terrible. have to be about 3-4 feet from the box for it to work. other: no internal storage so you plug in your own USB or external hard drive via USB

Very easy to install a larger TV to have crystal clear picture quality on local channels

I love the ease of this digital recorder. I still have an old tv but now I can not only watch it, but I can record ( with a USB) it has an EPG so you know what’s on for a few hours in advance.

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

This thing works great! Very easy to install. I have an old analog TV with a built in video tape machine which we use when the grand kids want to watch a Bambi movie. I connected the D to A converter, turned on the power and it scanned for channels. We get about 25 channels. This old TV was made in 2002. Amazing!

it was very easy for a 70 year old man to install. it also picked up all the channels. it records perfect. I can watch a show and pause because it starts recording. I will fast forward during comercials and catch up. I can set time recording easy. I am 110% pleased with performance.

Does as advertised. Nice clear picture and easy to use.

Good for the price but the way of using it a bit old and the guide should improve it.

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.

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.

With a 24" desktop all in one computer having a HDMI input in the back, this TV converter box is a must if you don't want to buy an extra 24" TV, especially you don't have space for it. Yeah, you might say, hang it on the wall, but your house is going to full of TV monitors, assuming your place is a studio or one room apartment. Of course you do need an antenna; I just used an old rabbit ear antenna from my old big tube TV over 20 years ago. All I did was to connect the HDMI output from the converter box to the computer monitor's HDMI input in the back, and there, it is receiving over the air TV shows in my area, all of them, crispy sharp. Of course if you are watching TV, you can't use the computer, or vise versa. However, it gives you the convenience of all in one unit--TV and computer all in the same monitor without wondering where to put the TV or which wall to hang it, if your dwelling space is limited.

I gave it a 5 star rating as the benefit of the doubt. It was intact when I picked it up at Best Buy. But I couldn't get it to record consistantly with any flash drive. I then exchanged it for a Mediasonic brand similiar converter, which behaved the same way. I returned it, also, to Best Buy and was looking for yet another brand to try. But first, I visited a manufacturers online forum about the matter of the Mediasonic unit not working properly. I learned that flash drives are not recommended for these converter/recorders, that flash drives are unsuitable. It was said that an #external hard drive should be used instead. I had mixed feelings, it was good to know that there was a reason I was having little success with flash drives and a remedy by using an #external hard drive, but flash drives for recording would be so convenient. I bought a 1TB #external harddrive and another Mediasonic unit, and it has been doing ok, as it is supposed to. And I'm thinking there is a very good chance that the Aluratek unit will do just as well with an #external hard drive instead of a flash drive. I think these 2 diffrent brand of converter/recorders are just about the same inside, and the instruction manuals look almost exactly alike.,