Can I continue to use my vcr recording features after setting up my old tvs wth digital-to-analog converter boxes? I'm not thrilled at the prospect of having to buy new dtv's or dvr's to replace the perfectly good analog tv's and vcr's I already have. Frankly all this switchover nonsense seems like some kind of government-sanctioned money pit scam to me.
2007-09-30 09:03:48 · 4 answers · asked by tootsieroller 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
You can continue to use your old VCR with a converter box, but you will have to manually set the channel on the converter box to record digital channels. You can either daisy chain the signal: Antenna-Converter-VCR-TV or you can use two converter boxes so you can record one channel while watching another.
Technically it would be possible to build a converter that contained the timer-channel changer and the equivalent of a universal remote control. In other words, with such a box you would have the same functionality as you had before. The box would just send the VCR signals to start & stop recording at the correct times.
I don't know of any companies planing to make such a box. Since DVD recorders with digital tuners start at $145, I'm not sure there is enough of a market for such a converter-programmer.
2007-09-30 10:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup, it'll work just fine, as long as you hook it up in the correct order. Think of it as a flowchart.
Digital TV Antenna to converter, converter to VCR, VCR to TV. After the signal leaves the converter box, it's old school and all your electronics should be happy. Good luck!
2007-09-30 16:11:20 · answer #2 · answered by Hunter T 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It should, as long as you put the VCR on the
analog end of the converter.
2007-09-30 17:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by WenwAudiocom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will work with the converter.
2007-09-30 16:26:24 · answer #4 · answered by meatbag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋