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.

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,

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

It was easy to install and operate. All the items were in the box.

Nice item very easy and nice to have around the house

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.

Ir was easy to install and I am able to get 68 chanels

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 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 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.

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 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!

Interface for recording is clunky. Not much storage space for recordings. Worthwhile to spend more money for a better one or use an app.

This box works great to capture several channels with the TV antenna. The only problem I have is that the buttons on the remote are hard to push.

Easy to install and use. Will not fill in wide screen with picture. Instructions say you can change picture diameter to fit your screen but it does not work.

It was a great product that did everything advertised, until it stopped turning on. Used it sparingly during football season 2023. Didn't use it for a while and now it won't even turn on. Beware that it won't last!

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.

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!

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.

It does a good job for what I got it for, recording off the air using a flash drive. It does however cause interference with my scanner.