As this STB is being supplied to receive a PayTV service, so all it needs to do is change channels within their service, adjust the Volume levels if desired and set the screen size to suit your TV.
As long as the picture and sound are clear, what more do you need?
Recording is up to the Provider to allow it or not and if they do, they may restrict it as Foxtel does here so you cant copy it and give it out to others to watch.
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