DTV issues

[Scott Fybush]

Brian Vita wrote:
> Some of the sets I've seen also have a video out of some sort. 
> ------Original Message------ From: Sid Schweiger Sender:
> boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org To: boston
> Radio Group Subject: RE: DTV issues Sent: Dec 7, 2008 5:14 PM
> 
>>> Here's a question.  Someday I may want to get a new digital TV
>>> set.
> Will my analog VCR and DVD player play through a digital TV?<<
> 
> Play?  Yes.  Record?  Probably not.  The few current models of VCR
> are being sold without tuners, because it's considered a nearly-dead
> tech by the manufacturers.  DVD recorders would need a digital tuner,
> and so far I haven't seen any that have it.

This was true a year ago; less so, now. Ironically, it's easier to find 
tuner-equipped DVD recorders and DVD/VCR combos at the low-end places 
(especially Wal-Mart/Sam's Club) than at higher-end places like Best Buy 
or Circuit City.

Most of the ones I've seen with ATSC tuners have been Magnavox brand, 
actually made under license by Funai. I have two "Magnavox" DVD 
recorders with ATSC tuners that have been traveling with me for the last 
year or so; they work pretty well and are lighter than the VCRs I was 
hauling around before that.

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