Our VCR with digital tuner is a Panasonic DMR-EZ48V. I think it has both analog and digital outputs. (I didn't install it, so I can't tell you for sure.)
As I said, it lets us get digital signals on an old analog TV, by routing everything through the VCR. We could probably get a better picture with a converter box, but the TV isn't that great anyway, so the improvement would be marginal. The point, for us, is that we can actually GET some of the digital signals. We don't have cable or satellite, so we thought that after the conversion we would be converting our analog set into a planter for ferns and other delicate houseplants. I can't report on any DRM issues associated with this VCR, because I haven't yet tried to record anything on the digital side of the machine. The analog side will record any analog broadcast. --Constance Warner -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard P. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] digital TV converter box Which model? Does your VCR have both analog and digital outputs? Richard P. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Constance Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may not be exactly a propos, but we bought a new VCR with a digital > tuner in it. Much to our surprise, we picked up digital signals as soon > as we installed it, using an old window-mounted analog antenna. > Unfortunately, we can't tell whether all of the stations will come in > after the full conversion to digital, as we're still picking up analog > signals from the major commercial channels. If you need a new VCR > anyway--and you might, because if you want to record digital programs > off the airwaves, you need to do it on digital media--this might be a > good and easy-to-install alternative to a converter box. ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
