Setting up 2 VCR's on 1 TV with separate set top box to use both recorders to record?

Question

I have a Sony Digital Box with 2 scart sockets, Sony TV 2 scart sockets 1 arial socket, Thomson VCR with 1 scart socket, 2 arial in and out, Philips VCR with 2 scart sockets, 2 arial in and out, and separate 4 scart gang.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

As mentioned before, the problem is tuners. You could set one video to the television to record the terestrial channels using a scart lead connection, and then loop our tv, set top box and the other video together to allow you to record digital channels using the other scart channel. as for the incoming tv signal, i'd suggest using the tv ariel direct into the settop box, then use a coaxial connection from this to the vcr not connected to the set top box via scart.
This all sounds a mite complicated, but the upshot is that you can watch and record the digital channels on your tv using one vcr and one scart connection. Using the other vcr, you could record anything that is on the terrestrial channels. As you have only passed the tv ariel from the set top box to the vcr not connected to the set top box, you wont get signal degredation between the two (depending on the quality of the tv signal through your ariel to begin with). And you dont need to connect the tv ariel directly to the tv, cause the scart lead connection from the set top box means you can watch the signal on your av channel.
Hope that this (wordy) summary helps.

Answer 3

The problem here is TUNERS the VCRs probably have analogue tuners and the set top box only has 1 Digital tuner. I think that you will find that you will end up being able to record the same program twice. If you use a Ariel splitter the signal may be degraded. I bought a double free-view set top box with a hard drive and this is even better than the first set top box that I had.
Argos goes this 'Digihome PVR80 Twin Tuner Free-view with 80Gb HDD.' This is just to illustrate what you can get.