How do you record a tv show from a HD box, with a vcr, without watching the same show that is being recordest?

Question

I have, a HD tv box> Can record, a tv show, but can not watch another show on the tv, while the vcr is recording. can i buy something, or hooked, the tv, hd, and vcr box up different, that would fix this problem?

Answer 1

Depends.
To do what you want, You need TWO tuners: One to record and one to watch.
If your TV has a tuner, and it can decode your input signal then you can use the TV's tuner to watch one channel and the VCR to record a different one. This scenario, assumes the output of the box is in RF and you split it to both the TV and the VCR.
If the output of the HD box is HDMI or component, then there is not much you can do except getting a box with dual tuners.

Answer 2

No.

The VCR can only record the program that is currently being watched because it has to use either the channel 3 or 4 output (RF output), the composite (Yellow), component (Red, Green, Blue) or HDMI output (multi-pin) and associated audio outputs (White and Red). And those are all connected to the currently playing program (playback from DVR or Live through DVR).

The only way to get around this is to have a Replay TV or TiVo box that transfers directly to computer where you could burn a DVD (but I do not have such a device so cannot provide details & cannot guarantee it actually works that way while watching TV).