I've owned several of these over the years. They're an excellent choice to record OTA television programming! However, these units will frequently (LOCK UP), and require pulling power cord from receptacle to reset the unit to a functional state.
Bought just recently and couldn't have had an easier experience setting up a converter box, plus I like the record feature, and it works to pull in signal in my rural area
I bought 3 of these, one for each tv. Two I would rate a 3 but the last one is a one star. Picture is poor quality, really dark. Downloaded channel numbers are not the same as channel guide. Doesn't download future program or existing program info. Also closed caption function on all of them is very poor
I purchased this product in hopes that I could record Will Trent on ABC and Finding Your Roots on PBS .It's a 1st world problem but I hated that my two favorite shows air on Tuesdays.