This digital converter is identical to the ones that they sell in various Walmart stores. I decided to write my review into two different categories, pros and cons. Pros ▪️It comes with a very easy to follow owners manual although the set up it’s really two steps, first step is selecting her language which by default it is selected to English and the second step is doing a channel search and once you’re done, it will automatically exit out of the channel search and will start being able to watch TV. ▪️ it comes with everything you need: batteries, remote, owner’s manual, composite cable that is the three colors, red, yellow, and white. ▪️You can easily set a recording or if something is currently in progress you can hit the record button and record. If you do this, you must mentally stop recording or if a program is already in progress let’s say it is 1 o’clock and you want to record the program to on Mac with stop when the program ends when you set the recording set the start time one minute ahead so instead of being 1 o’clock would be 1:01 and it will record until the program is scheduled to end. ▪️You can use any thumb drive to record, the more gigabytes you have the more shows you can record. ▪️No subscription is required, no Internet is required. Recordings do not delete after certain amount of time so you could keep a recording indefinitely and they are also not protected by HCP or DRM so if you plan on going on a trip and you want to take some of your TV shows with you, you can do so and they will be able to be played in VLC player. (This to me is a plus). ▪️ if you previously purchased a digital converter box from Walmart and you’re looking for basically the same model this is the same model. It just has a different name on it so this means that you can take the thumb drive from one digital converter and plug it into this one and you’ll still be able to watch your shows without having to reformat or having a different format. Cons: ▪️ i’m not sure exactly why but they don’t seem to last more than a year which it is quite disappointing so if you choose to purchase this, don’t expect it to last more than a year and I would strongly recommend that you purchase a warranty. The one I had purchased from Walmart did not last a year and thankfully at the time of purchase I had purchased a warranty. I truly wish that they would make these last a lot longer than a year simply because it is easy to use and very little steps that you need to do in order to get it working. It’s pretty much plug-in play. ▪️ if you are currently recording a program, you will not be able to change the channel. (to me that’s not much of a big issue, but maybe some people that would be an issue.) ▪️If you have several programs recorded, let’s say you have 10 programs recorded and you want to delete nine of them you must delete them one by one. (to me this is not an issue). ▪️ if you’re looking for a program like to see what comes on other channels, when you search the electronic program guide to go to the next channel, it will also change the channel to some people that may be an issue to me that’s not really big of an issue. You can always look online as well. In a nutshell, I’d like this digital converter box. I just wish it would last more than a year so if you do purchase it get a warranty it will definitely be worth it.