TomG2
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As the OP, I would like to add that I do not require HD, although it would be nice. The solid state devices that Mr Wizard mentioned look like a good solution, if they were still available.
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1775
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Check out that Magnavox that racer4 recommended above. It has both DVD recording and an hard drive for digital recording. This should do everything that you are looking for and the price is not bad.
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bananadanna
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A Channel Master dvr would solve your problem. About $300.
This has worked well for us for several years---previously marketed as a DishTV DTV Pal.
There is a AVS Forum subgroup on this if you wish to learn more than you want to know.
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ol Bombero-JC
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racer4 wrote:Check out the Magnavox MDR515H/F7 500GB HDD and DVD-R with Digital Tuner .
I have not used it so I don't know how simple it is. There are 384 customer reviews you can read through.
It looks like it is one step more than a VCR and one step less than a DVR.
It connects to an antenna, has a digital tuner built in, and plays back on a TV.
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Found this thread via search - looking for a "non-Tivo" DVR of some kind - doesn't matter if it's high def - or up-convertable.
This Magnavox (515H) *may* now have gone the same route as all the others. (Edit: May still be available - will see!)
Seems TiVo and any other DVRs are *only* available thru sat & cable companies . . who control the market (so they can get a monthly usage fee.)
Any (recent) success stories?
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1775
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:racer4 wrote:Check out the Magnavox MDR515H/F7 500GB HDD and DVD-R with Digital Tuner .
I have not used it so I don't know how simple it is. There are 384 customer reviews you can read through.
It looks like it is one step more than a VCR and one step less than a DVR.
It connects to an antenna, has a digital tuner built in, and plays back on a TV.
racer4
Found this thread via search - looking for a "non-Tivo" DVR of some kind - doesn't matter if it's high def - or up-convertable.
Unfortunately this Magnavox (515H) has now gone the same route as all the others.
Seems TiVo and any other DVRs are *only* available thru sat & cable companies . . who control the market (so they can get a monthly usage fee.)
Any (recent) success stories?
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Search Amazon for "DVD recorder with digital tuner" - several come up. Here is one -
Panasonic DMR-EZ48VP-K 1080p Upconverting VHS DVD Recorder with Built In Tuner
There are others without a tuner but then you need to connect with a cable or satellite box or an external digital tuner and antenna.
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ol Bombero-JC
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Thanks 1775 -
I was editing my post the same time you were posting.
The Magnavox may still be out there.
Thanks for another option.
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I have read all posts. Simplest answer to my mind…
If the OP has a laptop, he can buy a USB tuner for under $100 (I have Happauge 950). It can be set to record OTA analog or digital stations manually, or far more desirably (if you have internet) it allows Tivo-like scheduled recordings using the Titan EPG (elec propgram guide) which shows all content of OTA (or campgroung cable) TV stations in your zipcode.
It, of course, allows you to watch TV on your screen and you can pause and then fast forward the broadcast). You can always send the laptop screen to a large screen TV, if desired.
If interested, I can give more detail.
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Nothing wrong with MODERN Ti-VO.. I do not use them though I use Replay TV with digital converters. The RE-play (once properly hacked) can and does control the digital converters. Both work well here. Plus the replays chat with each other so what is recorded on machine 1 can be watched on Machine 2, or downloaded to my laptop and watched.... elsewhere. (Or burned to DVD)
You can get many different makes and models of DVR/DVD recorders now days, they are the VCR or the 2000's and other than the sharing of files, they work the same way.. Though with computer software and a big enough computer I can download a program guide and serve it up to the replays so they work in full "TiVo" mode, (Record off the EPG).. I do not do that (Not enough computer) Some day I'll upgrade my "Main" and th en I will re-do that.
This is not possible with the DVR/DVD units far as I know.. Also Replay is no longer made. Direc owns the rights. but.....
There is a Win-TV with Replay TV option from hauppauge. Use your computer like a DVR, works great. NOT compatable with my system.
These days your best option might be that kind of a system, A fairly low cost computer, with 1,2,3,4 Hauppauge cards or a "multi record" card, and software. A good size hard drive, you could easily store a million hours of High Def Video for later viewing, All with full Electronic Program Guide and so on, and the ability to burn shows you really like to DVD for long term storage.
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