How to record from a digital TV using an analog VCR?

(This answer assumes you are located in the US)

>How to record from a digital TV using an analog VCR?

You buy a converter box and install it between your antenna and VCR. You will probably want to put a splitter on your antenna so you can attach separate cables to your DTV & converter box.

Almost no TVs have video outputs, so there is no way to record a program "from" the TV. The VCR needs to have its own video source, and a converter box is the only cheap way to do this.

The better models of converters are no longer stocked in stores. You will probably have to get a used one off of ebay.

You can record from a VCR by using a 2-port splitter. Connect your antenna to the input, port 1 to your TV's antenna jack, and port 2 to the VCR antenna jack. Connect the VCR's A-V (yellow-red-white) output to a similar input on your TV.

However, you won't be thrilled with the result after watching live HD broadcasts. The recorded program on the VCR will be standard-def, narrow screen analog, and it won't be as clear as if you had the VCR hooked up to an old analog TV. HDTV's are designed for digital input, and give the best picture from a digital source.

As an alternative, if you want to do a lot of recording off the air, consider an outboard tuner-DVR with an ATSC tuner. See the link below for an example. These are not cheap, but this particular model gets good user reviews, and it works essentially the same as a cable or satellite DVR.

Edit: forgot a key element: you'll need a digital-to-analog converter between port 2 of the splitter and the input to your VCR. Another reason to invest in a digital DVR like the reference.

Vcr To Digital

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>I understand that my older analog VCR can't be programed anymore because it can't use the channels from the converter box. Your old VCR can record the output of a converter box. You can still program what times it will record, but you have to set the channel on the converter box itself. There are a few converters that have "VCR timers" that let you program channel changes. With those models you have to program the channel changes on the converter and the times to record on the VCR. >My question is, what if a person has a digital TV, thus no converter box? Can the "old" VCR be programmed to record shows? Very few TVs have video outputs. Unless you have one of these rare models, you can not record off of the TVs tuner. >It confuses me because the VCR can record the channel I'm watching so it can read a digital signal. No it can't. The converter outputs a signal that is identical to analog channel 3 or 4. As far as your old TV or VCR are concerned, you are watching analog channel 3 or 4. >What if a person has cable? They are supposed to convert to digital as well. Will the VCR work? Cable companies have plans to go all-digital, but the timing of this is a local matter. You have to ask your local cable company. Once your local cable company goes all-digital, you would need a cable box (or perhaps some sort of converter with a QAM tuner) to keep recording with your VCR. The (US coupon type - ATSC) converter boxes do not work with the type of digital signals used by any major cable company. >Being in Canada the complete conversion is not until 2011 but I want to know my options. In the US, you can buy DVD and DVD/Hard drive recorders with digital tuners. I assume you can get them in Canada as well.

You need a digital to analog converter box between the antenna and vcr or you can get a vcr with a digital tuner built in. If you go with a converter box, you will be able to record a show on the channel the box is set to. If you get a digital tuner built in, you'll be able to set the vcr to record one show on one channel then record another on a different channel without being home to manually change the station.

The Dish Network TV Pal converter box has a eight

event VCR timer that will restore the VCR function.

I have one and use it every day. I bought mine at Kmart, but

they don't sell it anymore. The better answer is to buy

a Panasonic DVD recorder at Best Buy for $230. I have

two of those along with my VCR. A strong signal from a

roof antenna is best for a viewable recording.

just plug it in with a standard scart lead. a vcr only records the `finished product`, ie whats on the screen. how it gets there ie digitally or by normal transmission, makes no difference. for example, if you take your camcorder and play it back on your tv, you can record the images onto tape, cant you? and that hasnt been broadcast at all, its the finished product. try a scart lead and see what you get.

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