My dad found this out the hard way as he tried to tape something and watch a program on the new DVD/VCR he bought.
The cable box has a tuner and so does the TV but the new VCR/DVD combo he bought does not have a tuner.
Is there still a way for him to tape something and watch something else simultaneously even if there's no tuner?
Dad also told me that because the thing didn't have a tuner, it was cheap. Is this necessarily true?
2007-07-02 18:05:20 · 2 answers · asked by chrstnwrtr 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
what he can do is use the tuner from the cable box and record it on to the DVD/VCR via audio/video cables, while watching another show on the TV's tuner. You'll have to split the signal and send one cable to the box and the other one to the TV.
For the most part, VCR/DVD players without tuners are meant to playback DVDs and VHSs tapes and not to record. It does not necesarily mean it is cheap, but that it was made for a different purpose other than to record.
2007-07-02 18:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by J G C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The law changed earlier this year manufacturers can no longer make Recorders with analog tuners in them just digital tuners.So they are selling them without tuners for a cheaper price than the ones with the digital tuners in them.
2007-07-03 02:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by Scatwoman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋