Digital TV Converter Box, ATSC Cabal Box - ZJBOX for Analog HDTV Live1080P with TV Recording&Playback,HDMI Output, Timer Setting TV Tuner Function Set Top Box Digital Channel Free

I am using the ZJBOX Digital TV converter box with my ancient (23 y/o) 50” 1080i NEC plasma screen monitor to pull in OTA channels utilizing a roof mounted VHF/UHF Yagi antenna as my monitor still works like new and is also sometimes still used as a large screen monitor for my laptop (laptop is connected via VGA and the ZJBOX is connected with component to the plasma monitor since the old style HDMI input on the monitor would need an additional dongle to hook up to the converter box which has the newer smaller style HDMI output jack). As a side note, it is absolutely amazing how much technology has advanced and how much prices have come down (my 50” NEC 1080i, not even 1080p, plasma monitor was $12,000 23 years ago with no tuner, and I just bought a 4k 75” microLED smart TV for under $1000 😮!).Audio goes to a 7.1 channel home theater Denon A/V receiver via L/R coax RCA on the converter box. Picture quality (even at 1080i) on the plasma is excellent although some of the settings on the plasma were adjusted (brightness, contrast, gray/white level curves, etc) for the best possible image. Audio output is also very good with the Denon doing the surround processing. Out of the box, the image was clear but somewhat “muted” in impact on the major HD OTA channels grabbed by the converter box. Even though I live in a hilly canyon area, since my outdoor antenna is mounted on a second floor roof, the converter box was actually able to pull in OTA channels just as well as my new large screen smart TVs (about 125 channels!) so the converter box gets 5 stars for its ability to scan and pull in channels, although I only keep about 9-10 of the digital HD channels on my favorites list. Speaking of the “Favorites” list, the UI, although fully functional, is somewhat “clunky” and outdated in appearance. The provided printed manual is not particularly well detailed in how to navigate the converter box, although anyone with just a rudimentary amount of experience with various UI’s can easily figure out the menus with some trial and error exploration.Compared to some of the slightly even lower priced converter boxes available, I liked that this one has a metal housing (there are a number of reviews of other boxes that state that overheating is one suspected mode of failure of those other boxes, many of which are housed in plastic boxes). This one seems to be well made (for a relatively low priced converter box) and comes in a metal case which appears to have reasonable air circulation vents. Because cooling is passive and not active cooling, there is no fan noise which is a plus as due to the IR sensor being located on the front panel with no plug-in provision for a wired extended IR sensor, this converter box will likely be placed within line of sight next to your TV or monitor. To get around this, I placed my converter box into a my enclosed A/V closet for a nice neat, hidden install, and utilize a RF transmitter in the converter box remote control (the rechargeable type that replaces one of the AAA batteries in the remote) so that I do not have to have line of sight for remote control. I use a RF to IR remote control extender made by Next Generation for this. The converter box is quite responsive to the remote control and I like the convenience of not having to point the remote towards the converter box and not having to have a box sitting next to the monitor with exposed cables (good for the WAF 😂).I assume that all the internal electronic tuner/converter chips are pretty much the same between all these low priced Chinese converter boxes as the pictures of the UI on all these low priced boxes are the same so I went with this one specifically due to it having a metal housing (I set up a small DC computer fan next to the unit to prevent any overheating, although I did not notice any excess heat coming off the the box even before setting up the fan. Another reason impacting my choice of this unit over the others was that it also had component outputs in addition tot he HDMI and composite outputs (some of the lesser priced ones had only HDMI and composite outputs). For those of you connecting this to an older analogue TV with an analogue tuner and no composite, HDMI nor component inputs, there is also a coax antenna pass through on the back of the unit.So, overall, I am very pleased with this unit and give it 5 stars, especially considering its very low price. Only time will tell if the unit holds up but in the meantime it has allowed me to continue to use my plasma screen for a very low price as an OTA TV in addition as a large computer monitor (only about a $40 investment to keep a $12,000 screen working 😝)!

I use a old rabbit ears antenna to this box and use Composite ( red, white and yellow ) RCA jacks out. New cord 4ft included with box. Hit search channels and picked up 130 channels with perfect picture on almost every channel. I still have 3 analog CRT tube tv’s. I get free channels over the air. These TV’s will not pick up the new digital signal so this converter works great. Put new batteries in remote and it is easy to use. All keys are responsive on remote, works better than my old converter box!!! New box has LCD screen to see at night what channel your on.

I purchased 2 Mediasonic HomeWorx DVRs and have been happy with them except for one thing: They want to reboot a lot. So I bought this unit to see if it would be better. So let me review: First, the remote control is smaller than the HomeWorx, and the buttons are in a weird place. One button was almost popped out and I had to push it back in. Also, nowhere in the manual does it tell you how to delete shows from your hard drive. When I brought up the screen that shows everything I had recorded this week, I placed a check mark in the very first show to try to delete it. I pushed a button that I "thought" should delete it and the screen went black. When it reappeared, all of my shows had disappeared. So then I decided to try to record a show that was an hour into the future. I then got the message that said something like "No Disk". I tried this several times and the same thing. But here's the thing: if there was no disk, how did it read all the shows I had recorded? Anyway, this was too much of a hassle compared to my HomeWorx so I returned it.

This works great to plug into cable using the hdmi plug in. We accidentally broke off the original cable input on the television and had to find a different way to get that cable into the TV. The only negative thing I would say is that the box really only lasts about two years and then it just dies, and I had to buy another one because I don’t know enough about it. I keep buying the same one lol

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...

Aun no lo es usado pero se le ve la calidad y el despacho muy puntual estoy muy contento