On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:33:47 -0500, wrote:

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:16:29 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:07:26 -0400, "Eric"
wrote:

Do you have any reason to believe he's not?


Didn't someone say he has a cable box?


Guys....
I have an ANTENNA. Out here on the farm, there are no cables !!!!
I wont even consider satellite tv for what it costs.
I just want to get some of the digital signals they are now sending.

To sort of answer my own question, I was at Walmart today and while
the wife was looking at clothes, I went back to the electronics dept.
They have several DVR/VCR combo units that say they are capable of
receiving digital tv. So, I guess that answers that. However, they
are quite pricey. The standard ones cost $50 to $100, while the
digital ones are just under $200 and up. Of course that's just
Walmart. I'll have to shop around.

One other thing I noticed, they now sell DVD/VCR combo units that are
PLAY ONLY. They do not have a tuner at all.

"no tuner" does not equate to "play only". Don't forget about the
baseband input (or 2 inputs, many models have inputs on the front and
the back).

I have never seen such a
thing (not with the vcr).


I think there's some law involved there. Anything with a tuner is
supposed to include ATSC. So they're saving money by not including a
tuner.

Ya, everyone keeps saying vcrs are obsolete, but everyone still has
lots of tapes.

Maybe those who say that use the VCR ONLY for playing rented tapes.

One reason I still need a VCR if making copies of DVDs for people who
don't have (and can't afford) DVD. One use of a VCR is as a TV tuner
(a VCR costs a lot less than a dedicated tuner). Of course you can do
the same thing with a DVD recorder (with a tuner), but you can use
VCRs you already have (even if the tape part no longer works).

I think the vcr will be used for many more years yet.
I no longer buy movies on tapes, but for a quick recording of
something off the air, a tape still seems the easiest.

It often is. You press record and it records. No dealing with things
like formatting, menus, and finalization. If I was designing a DVD
recorder, I'd include a RECORD NOW! button that starts recording right
now no matter what. NO additional prompts.

Then again, I
never have owned a DVR.


DVRs are useful things, but not as a substitute for a VCR in all
cases.

Thanks

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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"Eric" wrote:

Because he read it at http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html?


"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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wrote:

I know that soon we will all be forced to buy a convertor or else a
new tv, or we wont get anything on the older sets.

Really? How do you know that?

I see. So the OP is using a television antenna to receive his TV
programming?

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