Digital TV Converter Box, ATSC Tv Tuner - ZJBOX for Analog HDTV Live 1080P with Recording&Playback,HDMI Output, Timer Setting Tuner Function Digital Channel Free

Very surprised at how well this works. Imagine rabbit ears on the roof giving you HD quality picture and sound. I bought the small antennae as well. I bought this ZJBOX digital TV converter to get local programming, and it’s been a solid purchase. Right away, it felt like good value for money considering everything it can do. The picture quality is clear in 1080p, and I’m pulling in a surprisingly good range of over-the-air channels with a basic antenna. Setup was straightforward, and the overall ease of use is WAY better than I expected. The menu system is simple, and the control buttons on both the box and the remote are responsive and clearly labeled. I also like the timer settings for auto shutoff and scheduled recording—it’s very convenient. Recording to a USB drive works well, and while this unit doesn’t rely heavily on wireless connectivity, it does exactly what it’s meant to do without complications. The USB charging capability for powered storage devices is a nice bonus and worked without issues for me. Overall, this converter box does its job reliably, has useful features like recording and playback, and feels well thought out. If you’re looking to get free digital channels without paying for cable, this is a solid option.

I bought two of these a year ago. I use them to watch TV on computer monitors and old analog TVs. I have an HDTV modulator so I can send my living room signal all over the house, usually from a satellite receiver. I have a 3-TV "man cave" setup for watching basketball, or for watching the news. I can patch one of the Z-JBox receivers into one of the TVs to get a game from a broadcast station. Sometimes the only way to get a WNBA game with Caitlin Clark is to use this receiver with my rotating TV antenna to pick up the signal from a station 100 miles away from us. The Z-JBox is more sensitive than most of the TVs in the house, and is equal to the best TVs in the house. One other thing I like about it is I can manually find a station after it has auto-scanned. That way, I can auto-scan to get most of the stations, then rotate the antenna to a different location, and manually add a new station without erasing all the other stations. These receivers are easy to use, have a good picture, and you can even record programs on a thumb drive and play the files back on a PC. My dog chewed up one of the remotes when we were gone too long. It was OK because I had the other remote, and I was able to save the IR codes into my universal remote in the living room. Then, a week ago, we had a horrible thunderstorm. Lots of lightning and thunder. The power went down for 3 hours and came back on for short glitches 3 different times. One of the Z-JBoxes quit working. I'm not sure if it was the lightning or the power surges. Nothing else was damaged, including the video monitor it was plugged into. They are so inexpensive, so I ordered a third one, and it came from Amazon in less than 24 hours. Now I have two remotes and two working Z-JBoxes again!

So I thought for the price of this I would give it a try. I have been wanting the ability to DVR shows that I like for some time - notably Jeopardy - when conflicts keep me from watching them This little box works for that and works fairly well. That said - here are some negatives... The remote is not intuitive - button layout is terrible. The remote overlaps functions with our Roku remote so certain buttons - notably the Up Arrow can't be used because they also cause something to change on the TV set. The buttons on the remote are tiny and close together - I have large hands so it is difficult to hit the correct button sometimes. The box itself is very light weight and the heavy duty cables between the antenna and it and it and the set totally overwhelm it. It is hard to position on a shelf or mantle. The picture quality of a recording is not the best - it isn't terrible but it isn't digital quality. When the box is on (and recording) it does not pass the antenna signal through to the TV via the antenna cable very well. It provides a great picture through the HDMI cable, but limits the quality of the signal to the antenna port on the TV. When the box is off the antenna signal to the TV is unaffected.

I had to get this Tuner as the TV I got for the bedroom I found out later that it did not have a tuner!!! it had everything else in the world, but I guess they figured everyone is on cable or something and it was on sale for over 150.00 off! now I know why! NO Tuner got to read the small print! LOL!!! So, I figured no problem I would just buy one of these ZJBOX and it worked just great! I have satellite but I like watching the local channels sometimes and this worked great! BUT! They only last about a year! I have bought lots of these now figure about 1 a year and from other retailers not just Amazon! I even got a 3-year warrantee on the last one but cannot find the company! (Big Surprise!!!) Nothing against Amazon or the other stores but it is just not well made! I have about 8 of these duds now and I have been hoping the TV would have died by now so I could get a New one WITH A TUNER!!! LOL!!! The other thing is your supposed to be able to record TV shows etc. and I have never gotten that to work on any of them and I didn't care as I did not need it, I think you have to have a certain kind of memory stick in order for that to work? But as a Tuner for an old analog TV or as in my case I needed one? they work just great until they don't! No warning you turn it off one day and that's it! It will never come back on! I did get almost 2 years out of one by not leaving it ON! whenever I turn OFF the TV, I unplugged it! Like you can put it in stand-by but it's still ON! and if you leave power to it? Well, most times it lasts less than a year! But when it's working it works great! I got ALL the local channels! So... I'm buying another one?! fortunately they are not too expensive! The TV is just great! I could have bought a new one for all of these tuners! But now it's become a test of wills! VISO makes a tuff TV!!! Hope you have better luck then I did? Best of luck. RD...

Sa l air de bien scanner il a un bouton sur la manette et le menu est assez complet si sa marche je c'est pas car j ai scanner 3-4 canal une fois et un seul une autre fois et je c'est pas si c'est l antenne le problème ou le boîtier ...la logique sa serais là porter Del antenne ...

It is doing the job I wanted it to do, which was allowing the new digital channels to work on my older TV.

The converter box works great and produces a great quality picture on my TV. I used the HDMI output, so I can’t comment on the other configuration options. The box works well, but the PVR function with the added USB drive is a little convoluted to use. Also, I don’t believe you can schedule recordings, just record at the time you are watching. I connected a low cost passive antenna and had 5 free local channels in no time.

I scanned 5 times for channels and it kept missing some also it lost all of them when I turned the converter off. I have to say that the company was very good in refunding me, it even let me keep the converter so I didn't had to spend money to send it back.

Nothing wrong, I am using it on an old tv that I use as a second monitor and I use one of the HMi connectors to receive the signal from this box.