Satellite Tv Box Reviews
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Satellite Tv Box Reviews
Can a digital tuner VCR or combo replace the converter box when using an outside antenna'ed analog TV?
I have newish TV, old VCR, both analog. Tried the converter boxes and don't like them. Can I buy a digital tuner VCR or a combo and continue to record on the VCR into the switch next year? Reviews I read say, in many new combos, the VCR will remain analog and will not record digital programming in 2009. So what's the digital tuner for? Don't want to pay for cable, satellite or tivo because I don't watch much on TV.
The VCR is put in combo units mostly so people can play their old VHS tapes.
There is no good reason why they can't be designed so you could record on with the DVD burner or VCR. I suppose they save a few $ in parts by leaving out the VCR recording capability.
The idea is that you would record programs on DVDs. Walmart sells DVD recorders that have both DVD burners and hard drives. You can record to either DVDs or to the hard drive.
In any case, you can use a DVD recorder with digital tuner instead of a converter box, but you will not be able to record one channel while watching another. You can even daisy chain your old VCR between the DVD recorder and TV and record on your old VCR.
If you are going to stick with your old TV, I suggest that you get a DVD recorder with digital tuner and hard drive. If you think you will want to watch one channel while watching another, set things up so you can watch one channel on a converter box while recording on the DVD/hard drive.
I have the Zenith/Insignia model and think it's fine. In the next couple of months a new model will become available ("DTVPal") that would let you program recording digital channels on your old VCR.
What model converter did you try ?