Tunerless VCR-DVD recorders

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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I had two VCRs, a Magnavox and my current Panasonic, that had the automatic clock set function. The Magnavox had the automatic setup feature, which worked as soon as the unit was plugged in; of course, this was in the NTSC analog TV era. Now, with digital, the automatic clock set on my Panasonic VCR does not work, even with the machine's tuner set to a local PBS channel. The automatic channel search, however, works perfectly with the cable in my area (Time Warner).

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Yes, and ironically Sony, who won the original case against Universal, would be at the front of the pack now-on the content-providers' side.


The last VCR I ever bought (for my mother in 2004 as a gift replacement for her failed one) figured out it was connected to an antenna, scanned and stored all of the channels, and found the one with the clock signal and set its clock. All of this happened just by plugging in the machine-I did not even have to hit the power button if I remember right.

I never used the auto clock feature because it was never on the right time.
I got one more year of use on my Panasonic VCR because the calender stops at 2015.I probably can set it to some other year which will be exact same as 2016 when It comes around.

Originally Posted by andy

Blu-Ray recorders and DVRs with BD writers are common in other countries, but not in the US. People seem to be content with the cable company's DVR.

The Movie/TV people dont want them hare.
My friend had a DVR and it crash with all of his movies on it went south.I'm not fond of them because of that problem.They are like a computer .The data is here today but gone tomorrow.I've been through some expensive pro recovery jobs with my computers.I dont need the BS with DVRs.