eXuby Digital Converter Box for TV, Antenna, HDMI and RCA Cable - Complete Bundle to View, Record HD Channels Instant or Scheduled Recording, 1080P HDTV, HDMI Output and 7 Day Program Guide

This is much more than just a converter box, and is a great value. We have had the device for just a few days, so I can't speak to longer term reliability.Installation was fairly easy; the default settings were perfect for my application. The manual is just OK - the essential information is there, but some grammar/typo errors and low quality printing make it hard to read. If you have connected a TV to other devices like DVD, Stereo, Apple TV, you should not have any trouble.The box works very well to get local broadcast TV via antenna. I have checked out the record and pause features, and they seem to work reliably, although it is a little hard to learn how to use them, and you do need your own storage device. I had no idea that TV stations broadcast a program guide, so that feature was an unexpected bonus.We cut the cable a long time ago. We have watched over the air broadcast TV with our Panasonic Plasma TV since about 2007 in two different cities. We now live in Savannah, GA and at our location we had occasional bad reception on a favorite channel. Another smaller TV in a different place in the house had better reception, so it occurred to me that perhaps not all tuners are created equal. I searched for tuners and found this device. Since the cost was fairly low and the reviews were generally good, I decided to give the box a try. I connected it to the same antenna we have been using, linked it to the TV with an HDMI cable, and WOW! The box definitely gets better reception than the expensive TV. There have been no dropouts and the quality of the picture is better, with crisper HD images.We use a Logitech Harmony 650 Universal remote. Programming was straightforward. I found "iView 3200STB" in the Logitech device list and it works perfectly. Our device doesn't have the iView brand; but is apparently identical to it. Another reviewer mentioned that you have to point the included remove accurately right at the box, and I noticed that, too. The universal remote is better.

Pretty good. I just returned a competitor product that developed multiple failures within 12 hours. So I was not very confident that any of those cheap TV recorders would be good or last long. I seems that 20% of reviews on most cheap OTA DVRs are 1 star. So, maybe quality control is an issue with some manufacturers. But most sellers offer quick replacement in case of defect. Well, this one so far works very nicely. The printed manual was useless. But just playing with the remote, trying all the buttons, it was easy to figure out what does what. For example:1) EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) button leads to timer programming. One needs to set the timer 5 minutes early, since the internal clock synchronises over the air about 2 minutes late. No big deal, just add 5 minutes before and to be save, also after the wanted recording time. Does not know summertime, so need to set the GMT offset accordingly. Tried daily recording, and it did daily.2) USB button leads to playback. Playback remembers the last position, so you can pause, exit, and on another day, come back, and it asks if you want to resume or go to beginning. It does not skip in 5/30 minutes intervals, but it offers 2/4/8/16/32 times fast forward/reverse, and skip to next/previous recording.3) Pause/Play button during live TV enters delay mode, so you can pause live TV in case your phone/doorbell rings.4) MTS files can be read by a computer for editing, in case you want to archive/crop/edit. HD needs about 6GB/hour. Records in one large file per show.5) Tried USB2 32GB stick and USB2 160GB HD, both worked perfectly.6) The unit gets hand-warm, the antenna connector a little too warm to touch. Worries me a little in terms of thermal stress on the semiconductors.So far so good after 2 days of testing. The convenience of being able to record TV and watch later with fast forward over commercials and boring content is a huge time-saver and definitely pays off very quickly if you value your time in terms of money. The option to archive health shows on PBS/WEDU is a really good option too, since sometimes it requires watching them more than once to get all important details.

Didn’t work and they won’t refund or replace