On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:42:23 -0400, mm
wrote:


Pal Plus by Dish Network sold and may still sell a digital conversion
box that could be programmed like a VCR to change stations at
scheduled times, so you can match up the stations on that with the
times your vcr goes on, and tape either off the air, or off the
digital cable signal (which as far as I know are the same format). The
input on your VCR would be channel 3 or 4, whichever you set as the
output for the digital conversion box.

BTW, even though this was sold by Dish Network, it works fine with
OTA, over the air, and afaict that was the major or only reason for
making it.

But otoh, isn't the digital signal that comes out of digital cable
electonically the same as what comes OTA? (The difference is that
cable is often compressed to save bandwidth, but OTA is the the entire
signal, never compressed.)