I need help with an HDTV/ OTA hookup (the antenna competes with my cable for the only coaxial input)?

Question

I have an HDTV and want to be able to hook up an antenna for the free over the air hd channels but also need the coxial input for my analog cable that I use. Is there a way I can hook them both up without having to switch them every time and reprogram the channels? maybe something that allows me to hook up my analog cable to and Audio/Video input?

Answer 1

You can't feed them both into the coax input at the same time.

What you can do is connect the analog tuner in a VCR to the analog cable and use Audio/Video cables to feed the VCR output into your HDTV. The mechanical part of the VCR doesn't need to be in working order, all you need is the electronics. You can do the same thing with a DVD recorder that has an analog tuner.