But 2 channels I get (on 1 station) are both 3 MINUTES ahead. This becomes REALLY annoying though for the PVR function if the channel is broadcasting the WRONG TIME! I have 6 channels that report the exact EST time synced with Windows 8 time servers on my computer and which agree with my cell phone as reported from the cell towers.
Usually this isn't a problem though, as it seems to get the time from the channels on it's own. There is no way to set the time apparently - only the Time Zone. It's also easy to get the info to pop-up while watching your program. As with many of the better converter boxes, it shows several hours of data and program information ahead. The program data is thorough, and it's easy to set a recording on those shows when the data is available.
#MEDIASONIC HW 150PVR HOMEWORX REVIEW MANUALS#
You can tell it was made in China, but it's far superior to many other Chinese-made manuals and is actually helpful.
#MEDIASONIC HW 150PVR HOMEWORX REVIEW MANUAL#
The manual is relatively good, although some clunky English is used. That's pretty standard, but this is a really cheap model so it's nice to have. You can leave it in Standby, and if you had programmed times to record shows it will kick on and start recording on it's own and turns itself back off when it's done. The book isn't very clear about this, but when it's set to Loop through, you won't be able to watch this PVR via the coaxial on Channel 3 or Channel 4 like normal (not that you would want to if you could avoid it!) Of course this means you'll obviously have to scan the channels in on your TV as well. This requires you to have the antenna in coaxial to the PVR, another coaxial from the PVR to the TV, and a separate Yellow/White/Red RCA cable (that it comes with) OR (more preferably) an HDMI out to the TV. If you are buying this solely for the PVR function like I did, it has a "Loop through" (passthru) option that if enabled allows you to watch a different channel on your TV tuner while the PVR is recording a different channel on it's own tuner. It only has one tuner, but you can still watch a channel while recording a second channel. You can rename familiar channels so you can identify them easily. Rather than have to monotonously type in the channel number, or go up or down through the channels and wait for them to load first (which is still quick but normally that could add an extra 10 seconds going through each channel to get there) - if you know what exact channel you want you can just go there immediately.
Once you've scanned for channels, when you're watching any single channel, if you press "OK" without any other menu up, it will bring up it's own small menu. Easy quick navigation between channels with the "OK" button.
It's an OK PVR box, but a very good regular converter box.
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