^^^LOL.......All that over a HDMI cable.
Bought an HD-TV: Waste of Money
- Thread starter Mr Light
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OK here's another reason this whole situation screwed me over... so my digital cable is hooked up. Another cable runs from the box into the VCR to tape things, but I've tried twice now to tape and it records a black screen with the audio. If I can't tape things that's going to seriously piss me off; is this a protection thing to force me to pay for their goddamn DVD-R service?! If I run the cable right into the VCR and then into the box and then into the TV, won't that mean I won't be able to tape the upper channels? Sigh. I wish I could just go back in time and never have bought the TV or the BR player or the digi/HD cable in the first place.
Did you not get a DVR with the Digital Cable? It probably only costs a couple dollars more.
I would speculate that your VCR can't make use of the digital signal and you may need a digital/HD ready VCR if such a creature exsists.
The reign of Netscape will last a thousand years!Serves you right for being stuck in 1994.
The reign of Netscape will last a thousand years!Serves you right for being stuck in 1994.
I'm gonna use HotBot to search for a solution to this VCR problem.
And I mean, with a DVD recorder, you'd have to keep buying blank DVDs.
With a DVR you can record multiple things at once. You can record one show while watching another on a different channel. It will store the shows indefinitely until you tell it to delete them. It will automatically record your favorite shows so you don't have to program it every week.
Lots of reasons to get a DVR.
I've liberally used a VCR my entire life, I'm used to the hassle of remembering to tape things, setting timers, and keeping track of what's on what tape where. 
I just don't want to spend even more money, I've spent so much as it is on all this stuff. My current plan: I still have an old analog cable TV in the bedroom, I will put my good VCR over there and use that one. I'll just have a problem if/when I want to record from the higher channels. Like today when I set a timer to record SIX Spider-Man episodes I'd never seen and it recorded a black screen.
I just don't want to spend even more money, I've spent so much as it is on all this stuff. My current plan: I still have an old analog cable TV in the bedroom, I will put my good VCR over there and use that one. I'll just have a problem if/when I want to record from the higher channels. Like today when I set a timer to record SIX Spider-Man episodes I'd never seen and it recorded a black screen.
The way I see it, if you're going to spend money making all these upgrades, you might as well go all out. That way you won't need to worry about it in the future. I certainly don't want to make an assumptions about your financial situation, but is $9 a month really that much more than you're paying now? And how does it compare to the cost of a DVD Recorder PLUS the cost of blank DVDs (which you can't just reuse like a VHS)?
And once your cable provider goes all-digital, you may not even be able to use a VCR.
The reign of Netscape will last a thousand years!Serves you right for being stuck in 1994.
Compuserve is so much better than AOL!
With man DVRs you can do two things at once. Watch one program while you record another, record two programs at once (watching one of them) or record two programs at once while watching a previous recording.
You can set it to record a program once and it will always remember to record that program for you, forever. Even if that program changes timeslots.
A DVR is far more powerful than a VCR. You can pause TV and go to the bathroom, and comeback and fast-forward until you're caught up, etc. etc. etc.
Once you go DVR you never go back.
My sister has the DVR service (she has the same cable provider I assume I think they have a monopoly in this area) and I believe she's said she can record two things and watch a third. I dunno, maybe if I can't get this damn VCR to tape at all maybe I will end up wasting the money. I really try to be frugal, I was raised that way, but my entire life revolves around TV/Movies...
I think this is reason enough to make the investment.
