Digital Converter Box for TV, OWERSLYN 1080P Mini ATSC Tuner Box with TV Tuner, Tv Program Recording & Playback, USB Media Player, HDMI/AV Output, 3RCA Cables, 2-in-1 Remote

I have a smart TV that is digital only, no tuner on board so I'd been using another box to bring over the air digital broadcasts in. That thing died, so I bought this after a lot of looking and comparing. I hooked it up following the directions, and unlike some of the reviews for this I've read, I am quite pleased with the performance so far. The picture is excellent, and better than any other in the house for over the air reception. It's small, and the IR receiver is convenient to place where ever you want since you can put the actual receiver about anywhere as well. The on screen menu is easy and I really like how it tells me what the broadcast schedule is. I'd read that some have issues with setting the time, I just went to the timezone and set that, and it's worked flawlessly since. I have practically plugged it in and it works. I didn't mess with any firmware updates or anything, it's pulling in all the stations as well as or better than my other in house tuners do. I won't speak to any recording, as I don't and won't use that feature as all I wanted was the ability to get digital TV reception, and it does this flawlessly for me at least. The remote was easy to set up as well, although it did cause the soundbar to flip out a bit so you're going to want to test all that before you turn it loose on your system as I'm guessing the IR signals were the same as the soundbar save for different control signals that caused me to reset the soundbar. That's the only issue I had, and it was easily remediated with no further issues since. I went into another room to do the remote learning procedure after all that. I've had a few digital receivers for over the air reception, hands down this one so far has done better than all of them put together. Two thumbs up, we'll see how it holds up over time will be the test at this point.

Does what it says.

Works great. My Vizio tv only has HDMI ports. Nowhere to plug in a tv antenna, or cable box.Simple setup.Comes with its own little remote too.I used mine with a local TV antenna, not with a cable box. So can’t say much on that, but I assume it works absolutely fine if necessary.The little manual that comes with it has picture instructions. So I think anyone can setup.

The picture quality is fine, and the electronic program guide is good. But there are so many problems.* The unit hangs every night, and the remote ceases to function. Unplug and plug it back in, it works fine.* Recording is very hit and miss. Sometimes only half a show is recorded, and multiple day recording seldom works. I think this might be related to the frequent program hangs.* When watching a recorded show, if you pause, forward or rewind, the subtitles come on. If you then turn them off, 30 seconds later they come back on. You are stuck unless you reboot and start from the beginning.* If you stop a recording, you can’t pick up where you left off - have to start over.* To record a show on the program guide, select it, press OK, set parameters, done. Great! However, pressing OK in other areas also starts recording the current show, telling you to press OK to cancel, which then starts another recording session. Unplug it, plug it back in to fix.* Hard disk specs are important. If your drive pulls more than 800 mA you need external power. Spent a week with their tech support trying to get a brand new USB powered 2 TB drive to work, but nope, pulls 1,000 mA. Had to swap in my old powered backup drive, which would connect correctly.* Setup of the drive through their menu system was confusing and inconsistent. I used to work in IT, but this was a real challenge.* Documentation was poor to non-existent. For example, didn’t tell me to record a show, you had to change a parameter from “view” to “record”. This after pressing OK to start a recording session.The return period has passed, but I’m going to give up. There are a lot of choices of devices for viewing and program guides, but I was after recording, and this one just isn’t worth the aggravation.

I bought this tuner stick with recording capability when I discontinued my cable service so I could tune local OTA broadcasts as well as record a few shows I often watch. The unit was easy to connect and place behind the TV out of sight with the long-wired IR receiver which I mounted to the bottom of the TV. I paired it with a 1 TB Seagate portable HDD for storage of recorded media. The picture looks great on an older generation Sony Bravia LCD TV and I was able to program the remote to be able to set the original Sony remote aside. I did have one question about recording and was amazed at the quick approximately ten-minute customer response time I received on a Sunday afternoon fully answering my question. I would definitely purchase again.

I gave 5 for picture quality, that is really nice. Now all the reasons why I send it back on day 0. 1) unreliable, freezes during fast forward or recording/playback. One is OK, 3-4 in a row not acceptable. 2) the remote is a pain, uncomfortable to use, bad layout and button quality. it also sends signals that may mess with your soundbar, making it impossible to use in an existing configuration 3) if you want to use your good and truly universal remote to control this device, good luck 4) the whole UI is very 1990s2 additional notes, but that is mainly to help others who use it : A) the tv may not provide the right voltage for this, although you can use an external power source like a phone charger B) do not format the USB stick before you insert it into this, it will not use, nor reformat an existing partition