The standard is national, and so is the tuner · review
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
Tuner
DVB-T and DVB-T2 HD — stated
Recording
PVR function — stated
Outputs
HDMI and SCART — stated
Media
USB — stated
Radio
Radio reception — stated
Amazon reference
B0GS5D46XY (same reference on 4 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
5908266365329
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.
DVB-T2 · H.265 HEVC · Full HD · USB · HDMI · SCART · S/PDIF · IR eye · 6 000 channel memory
The cheapest receiver here, with H.265 HEVC decoding and an S/PDIF output — the codec that terrestrial broadcasting has migrated to, and a digital audio path.
Best for: Free-to-air terrestrial television, on any television, at the lowest cost — with the codec that keeps it working.
DVB-T2 HD receiver · aerial included · HDMI cable included · 3 months freenet included · USB media player
A bundle rather than a receiver: the box, an aerial, a cable and three months of the encrypted platform — everything needed to receive television in one purchase.
Best for: A first terrestrial setup where the point is to have television working the same evening.