Mediasonic Homeworx OTA Digital TV Converter Box DVR Review & Tutorial DTV Tuner with PVR Recording 

One of these is what I use. There are a few points: 1) The videos are stored as ordinary files on the USB stick. You can take the stick to your computer and rename the file and/or play them on your PC. 2) They support FAT32 format which is limited to the max file size that IIRC works out to less than 2 hours per recording. They also support NTFS format which is not limited. 3) The NTFS format version that they support can be read and written by a PC but if you format a stick on PC with NTFS, they may not like it. 4) The box will play movies from the external drive so you can load up some old movies and watch then 5) The box will play music files from the USB so you can you it to make background music. 6) They will also slide-show your pictures

Thank you for the review I didn't know what a dvr was until I heard about it and now I'll probably buy one 😂

Feb 2024 60 miles away from NYC I own it verry happy with it 78 channels verry sensitive tunee... .

Can I hook this up to my superbox streaming and the converter box to my tv a diagram would be great thanks

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Thanks... Liked Subscribed ... Questions for you... So it does not give the actual name of the show in the DVR'd recordings... but you can manually change the name of the entire show recording "series", yes? Also... how many programs can it record simultaneously... 2, I'd heard, yes? ...and you can watch one or the other, but not a 3rd while it is recording... Have I got that right?

I found some of these run too hot inside with poor ventilation, chips at 165F, I added heatsinks and it running 120F, and I don't mind external power supply because if it fails its easy to replace. This one looks good and has some size to it.

There's a 2024 Hw model available now but it does not support ATSC 3.0..? Whatever that means? I thought all of them could operate with ATSC 3.0 ? What is difference between ATSC and no ATSC?

How does this unit compare to others you have used? Wasn't sure how much you like this one.

Can you still connect a hdmi converter to this setup to get hdmi picture or use Roku?

There are many reasons why these boxes are super cheap. You get what you pay for. It explains why you don't get an HDMI cable. The customer service is either horrible or non-existent. I have tried 3 of these and always been unhappy. I was forced to learn how to work around the limitations and it has been very frustrating. It's only worth using because there are no better alternatives. I would have gladly paid three times more for a good product. HDMI intermittently outputs distorted video lines and or solid color overlays. This happened on all 3 units. It goes away after a restart and does not appear on recordings. Maybe it's an overheating problem but it can happen very soon after the box is turned on. Yes, I did remove the plastic scratch cover. Battery door on the remote does not fit properly. It needs to be held together with tape, otherwise batteries don't make contact. The menus are awkward and software is very primitive. It's easy to get AM or PM wrong when programming a recording because the software requires you to manually override the default every time. One of my network channels in Seattle broadcasts a main signal on 13 from 15 miles away and a translator on 22 which is stronger in my neighborhood. The box picks up both but always defaults to the weak signal on the lower frequency. I had to manually reprogram all five channels to the translator. It took a long time to figure out why I was getting signal dropouts. There should be a user alert for this problem. I do not recommend using a USB stick for recording. I had to use a hard drive because none of the many USB sticks I tried were able to record without interruptions. Also, be sure to use a new high quality new HDMI cable. The HDMI spec has changed several times and some cables may not work well with new equipment.