Only some are made low cost (and coupon 'eligible'). There are a lot of models that are not eligible for the coupon that have more features than the basic models - such as 1080p support. I have not seen any with any scheduling features, either, however.
Joe M. TGundo 2003 wrote: > There is a Sony DVD Recorder/VCR with a built in ATSC tuner that can record > DTV onto either DVD or VCR, but that model has been discontinued and what's > in stock at Sony it whats left. I have not seen any DTV converters that can > do what you ask for. Remember- Made to be the least cost to the > public....That would have added $5.... > > Tom > W9SRV > > > --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Nate Duehr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Nate Duehr <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Digital TV converter box issues >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 4:07 PM >> Here's something interesting I noticed. >> >> If the "consumer" (we're not people you know, >> we're consumers now...) >> had any type of Standard Def recording device that had its >> own tuner... >> >> It could ostensibly be set permanently to "channel >> 3" (or whatever the >> RF output of the DTV converter box is) to handle making >> recordings... >> >> But, I haven't seen any DTV tuner boxes with clocks >> and/or scheduling >> capabilities to tune the correct channel prior to the >> recording device >> starting up. >> >> Has anyone else seen one of those? (Other than building a >> home-brew DVR >> with MythBox or buying a similar commercial product...) >> >> Nate WY0X >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
