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VHS recorder with "F" input
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when
the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. I am looking for a VHS recorder with an RF input using the usual F connector. This will just be used for time shifting. They have become impossible to find. As an alternative would be a vcr of the current style with AV only inputs and a demodulator to take that cable signal and provide AV outputs. The demodulator would need to be reasonably priced. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Charlie |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
On Jan 31, 3:34 am, "Charlie Bress" wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. I am looking for a VHS recorder with an RF input using the usual F connector. This will just be used for time shifting. They have become impossible to find. As an alternative would be a vcr of the current style with AV only inputs and a demodulator to take that cable signal and provide AV outputs. The demodulator would need to be reasonably priced. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Charlie your local freecycle would be a good place to start. check small 'for sale' ads in local press. good brand name vcrs are easy o be had for little cost as people change to dvd. you won't get anything even half decent new. |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
Charlie Bress wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. I am looking for a VHS recorder with an RF input using the usual F connector. This will just be used for time shifting. They have become impossible to find. snip I was just at a mass electronics recycling weekend (2200 cars each with an average of three TVs/monitors/vcrs); most of the material was in perfect working condition and all of it was unceremoniously scrapped. If you are anywhere in the U.S. besides the countryside, put an add in the paper, shop thrift stores, back alleys, dumpsters, etc. and you are likely to find a pristine VHS VCR with RF input for next to or equal to nothing. Regards, Michael to |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
Charlie Bress wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. The last I heard, the government says they can't convert digital signals to analog; they can supply it to you through a set-top cable box that converts it to analog but you won't get anything hooking up an analog set to the cable once OTA analog dies. The last I heard, anyway. -- God help us all, The next President of the United States will be a liberal. |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:34:27 -0500, Charlie Bress wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. Yah. All Jesus and shopping channels, probably. |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
Charlie Bress wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. I am looking for a VHS recorder with an RF input using the usual F connector. This will just be used for time shifting. They have become impossible to find. As an alternative would be a vcr of the current style with AV only inputs and a demodulator to take that cable signal and provide AV outputs. The demodulator would need to be reasonably priced. New standalone VCRs of ANY kind are getting hard to find. If you go to a combo DVD/VCR, many models have RF inputs. -- Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
clifto wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. The last I heard, the government says they can't convert digital signals to analog; they can supply it to you through a set-top cable box that converts it to analog but you won't get anything hooking up an analog set to the cable once OTA analog dies. The last I heard, anyway. "They" (the cable companies) have been converting digital signals to analog for many years. Many cable channels stopped delivering their signal in analog format years ago, yet they still appear on analog cable. Congress has mandated that Cable continue to offer analog local signals as long as they offer an analog package, so in a year they will either be dropping their analog package, or converting the digital OTA locals to analog for these packages. I get about 60 analog channels including the locals. My cable company has made no announcement that they plan on dropping the analog package. -- Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
clifto wrote:
Charlie Bress wrote: We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. The last I heard, the government says they can't convert digital signals to analog; they can supply it to you through a set-top cable box that converts it to analog but you won't get anything hooking up an analog set to the cable once OTA analog dies. The last I heard, anyway. The digital changover is only required for BROADCAST TV, not CATV or SAT services. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
clifto wrote: Charlie Bress wrote: We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. The last I heard, the government says they can't convert digital signals to analog; they can supply it to you through a set-top cable box that converts it to analog but you won't get anything hooking up an analog set to the cable once OTA analog dies. The last I heard, anyway. The digital changover is only required for BROADCAST TV, not CATV or SAT services. True, but as the installed base of consumer gear trends more and more to digital, those services will undoubtedly follow suit; in order to eliminate the expense of redundancy. (OTOH, if that were universally true, the telcos would have eliminated pulse dialing capability years ago.) Many cable systems have declared their intent to eliminate analog service at some later date. Some have already set timetables. jak |
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VHS recorder with "F" input
On Jan 30, 9:34*pm, "Charlie Bress" wrote:
We are on a the Comcast cable system so if it works as I understand it when the US goes digital we will still get a analog signal over cable. I am looking for a VHS recorder with an RF input using the usual F connector. This will just be used for time shifting. They have become impossible to find. *As an alternative would be a vcr of the current style with AV only inputs and *a demodulator to take that cable signal and provide AV outputs. The demodulator would need to be reasonably priced. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Charlie I live down the hill from our local Goodwill store where people donate things they no longer need or want. They have a shelf full of VHS VCRs for $12.00 each. That does not include the remote which they sell at a glass counter for $1.00. I bought a very nice Panasonic 4 head HiFi just to have a spare. Van |
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