NEW FULL HD 1080P Freeview HD Receiver & HD USB Recorder DIGITAL TV Set Top Box Tuner Digi-box Terrestrial Analogue to Digital Television Converter 4in1

Essential to know that any USB you use must be formatted to MS.DOS/FAT32 otherwise the USB is not recognised, the message i got until I tried this was 'Partition not formalized' or similar to that.

I bought this for its HD capabilities and it's OK for the price. Picture good but a little unnatural with fast movement, eg sports. Recording onto a USB stick was fine (the manual advises against this) but I bought a larger USB disk anyway. Playback of recordings when copied to a computer is better quality, I use a Raspberry Pi which has a graphics accelerator. The default password is hidden away in plain view in the manual at the top of page 20 (000000). I am unable to receive a few channels (BBC News HD, BBC Four HD) which I know are broadcast with lower signal strength from my nearest transmittter (Winter Hill). I do have an external aerial. The EPG is clunky and setting up recordings for more than a day or so in the future is awkward. Basically for the price, and don't forget the need for some kind of recording medium, it's a good recorder of Freeview HD for me.

How they do it for the price, I just don't know. A few years ago, I bought a television marked HD ready. When HD Freeview arrived it was an education to realise that the set could reproduce an HD signal through AV inputs but could not decode an rf signal off air. Seems a bit cheap by the set manufacturer unless the exact format of the signal to be decoded hadn't been decided when the set was sold to me. I plugged in my set to box (which had arrived by post in just two days), connected it and switched on. It set itself up sweet as a nut and with the addition of a USB memory stick it became a recorder as well. Considering that there is a casing, power cord and remote control, retailer's and manufacturer's profit and shipping, what's left to pay for for the magic tuner must be very little. With bargain basement priced kit, you always worry that there is the risk that it won't work or won't be compatible with the television to which it is to be connected, meaning disappointment and the mess-about of returns. No problems so far on this count and I would happily commend this unit to anyone. It also allows you to mark unwanted channels for skip so you don't have to put up with shopping channels or worse. Detractors who complain about slightly slow channel change can always pay seven or eight times as much for leading manufacturers' kit, but why would you? With this unit, you get what you pay for and a lot more, including a full one year guarantee.

Rubbish as don’t work at all well , states freesat but clearly does not do that

This item is perfect for what we needed it for, free view television and it also records and plays back, and we bought it for use in our caravan, we are really pleased with the item and would recommend it to anyone.

Simple to set up and picked up lots of channels upon first scan. Connects via HDMI or SCART I did find the EPG a little dated looking and the manual was not that easy to follow. I consider myself technically minded so for me it was not a difficult task to get it working but I am not sure if less technically minded uses would have such luck A couple of times it did not seem to want to power on. It was plugged into a alexa enabled plug that is set to turn off at night. I could only bring it back to life by physically switch everything off at the socket to bring it back to life which is frustrating

does exactly what is says on the box

struggled to install and get it to work