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RED OPTICUM Nytrobox X DVB-T2 receiver with PVR recording review

A terrestrial receiver with recording and a SCART output — the second matters more than it sounds, because it is what connects to a television without HDMI.

The bottom line The receiver for a television that predates HDMI — and a competent terrestrial box in its own right.

The output that decides it

SCART. Televisions last fifteen years and more, and a set from before HDMI became universal has nothing else. A receiver with SCART connects to it; one without cannot. The picture is limited to standard definition over that connection, which is a real constraint and a better one than no connection.

The recording

PVR to a USB drive, not included. With one tuner, that means recording the channel you are watching — recording one while watching another needs two tuners.

Radio

Terrestrial broadcasting carries radio as well as television, and a receiver that presents it turns the set into a radio. Small, and used more than expected.

The national question

DVB-T2 with HEVC covers much of Europe, and national platforms add their own arrangements — encryption, multiplexes, codec profiles. This receiver is specified for Germany, and the same box one border away may find nothing.

Where it belongs

A second television, a kitchen set, a holiday flat — anywhere the display is older than the receiver.

Availability

On sale at around 39 € on the German Amazon store at the time of checking.

Listed but with no offer on the French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Not found on the American and British Amazon stores, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • A SCART output, which connects to an older television that has no HDMI
  • PVR recording to USB
  • Radio channels as well as television, which terrestrial broadcasting carries

Compromises

  • Reception depends on national arrangements — this is specified for Germany
  • PVR needs a USB drive that is not included
  • SCART implies an older installation, and picture quality over it is limited to standard definition

Specifications

TunerDVB-T and DVB-T2 HD — stated
RecordingPVR function — stated
OutputsHDMI and SCART — stated
MediaUSB — stated
RadioRadio reception — stated
Amazon referenceB0GS5D46XY (same reference on 4 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN5908266365329

Questions people actually ask

Why does SCART still matter?

Because televisions last a long time. A set from before HDMI became universal has SCART and nothing else, and a receiver without it cannot connect at all. It limits the picture to standard definition, and standard definition on a working television beats HD on one you cannot connect.

Can it record two channels at once?

Not with a single tuner. Recording one channel while watching another requires two tuners, and this receiver has one. That is the specification to check if simultaneous recording matters.