Recording cable channels
We will be staying in a Florida campground this winter that furnishes cable. My question is how do you record the cable channels? What device do you use?
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wgriswold wrote:
First of all, it is a Magnavox. I shouldn't rely on my memory. Model MDR515H/F7 and is about two years old.
I can schedule recordings, seemingly endlessly. I have never exceeded its capacity to schedule recordings. The hard drive is huge and I have never come close to filling it up.
The cable terminates in a splitter and the TV is on one output and the recorder is on the other. So they can operate independently of one another. The recorder connects to the TV with an HDMI cable. When recording I watch the TV so I am not sure if I could use the recorder to watch a different program. I don't think so but am not at all sure. There is no reason to do that. The picture is a little better using the TV to choose channels so that is my preference.
It can play DVD's and copy the recorded programs to DVD's. It also has editing functions I have never used.
As I said, it may become an expensive door stop in the Fall when Charter encrypts its signal.
thanks for the information. I've heard about this unit but can never find one at a walmart store. I found information on them at the walmart website...although nothing concerning the questions I asked you.
just to clarify...and it can record from both over-the-air as well as cable? the write-up on the walmart website implies it's only for over-the-air channels. I want to make sure it can record unencrypted cable channels like USA, TNT, etc.
