The Baron Digital TV Receiver is a new Set-Top-Box from Adtel. Makers of the Baron Antenna.

Baron Digital TV Receiver
Baron Digital TV Receiver

It is one of the smallest STBs out there in the market, measuring at 12.5cm at 7.5cm.

At front you can see buttons for Power, Menu, for Navigating Channels and a USB 2.0 A port for your USB Devices such as the WiFi Adapter.

Baron Digital TV Receiver Front
Baron Digital TV Receiver Front

Behind you will see RF input, USB 2.0 A Port, HDMI port and RCA connectors for TV and A 5V DC Port.

Baron Digital TV Receiver Back
Baron Digital TV Receiver Back

The Remote Control of Baron Digital TV Receiver. It has buttons for YouTube and VIU.

Baron Remote Control
Baron Remote Control

Testing the STB

The sensitivity of the tuner is great, even with some attenuation, all ISDB-T channels can be received.

Baron Auto-Search
Baron Auto-Search

The Baron Digital TV Receiver can decode High Definition and Standard Definition Programs. OneSeg channels are excluded from the scan.

Baron GMA Decode
Baron GMA Decode
Baron CNNph Decode
Baron CNNph Decode

One of the great features of this STB is the inclusion of “Virtual Channel” which sorts all DTT Channels correctly depending on the assignment of the broadcaster.

Virtual Channel
Virtual Channel

Emergency Warning Broadcast System feature is available in this receiver. You have options to enable or disable the buzzer and just receive the EWBS message.

EWBS
EWBS
EWBS Area
EWBS Area
EWBS Alert
EWBS Alert
EWBS Switch
EWBS Switch

Extra features

You can watch Videos or Movies on your USB Flash Disk using the STB’s Built-in Media Viewer.

Baron USB File Manager
Baron USB File Manager
Baron USB Play
Baron USB Play

The Baron Box has free 5 games that you can play. Box Man, Tetris, Hit Rat, Go Bang and Sudoku.

Game
Game
Box Man
Box Man
Tetris
Tetris
Hit Rat
Hit Rat
Go Bang
Go Bang
Sudoku
Sudoku

Streaming Videos over the Internet

A unique feature of the baron STB is the inclusion of YouTube and VIU. You need to use a compatible WiFi USB Dongle in order to use these features.

Baron Digital TV Receiver WiFi Back
Baron Digital TV Receiver WiFi Back
Baron Digital TV Receiver WiFi Front
Baron Digital TV Receiver WiFi Front
Online Video
Online Video

You can watch YouTube videos whether uploaded or LIVE.

YouTube
YouTube

Here is a shot of ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Online LIVE on YouTube.

Kapamilya Online
Kapamilya Online

And here is International News Channel “Al Jazeera” English.

Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera

VIU is an OTT streaming provider. You can watch some Korean/Japanese drama and/or Japanese anime titles.

VIU
VIU
VIU Anime
VIU Anime

Here we try to watch “Cells at Work! Code Black” on the streaming platform.

VIU Cells at Work! Black
VIU Cells at Work! Black
VIU Cells At Work Black Play
VIU Cells At Work Black Play

You need to manually turn on the subtitles by pressing the “CC” Button on the remote in order for the subtitles to show.

VIU Cells at Work Black Subtitle
VIU Cells at Work Black Subtitle
VIU Cells at Work Black Working
VIU Cells at Work Black Working

Pretty good Set-Top-Box we should say. You can watch Digital TV and Stream Videos available on the internet. And at a price of PhP 799 (PhP 999 With Wi-Fi Dongle Included), It is a steal.

You can purchase the Baron Digital TV Receiver Here.

Verdict: 9/10