jahel318
Im wanting to buy a dvd player to hook up to my tv and record shows from my satellite. What is a tuner? what's it used for and do I need one?
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The "tuner" is like the dial on your radio which let's you "tune-in" specific stations out of that spectrum of signal thats coming into your receiver (television / dvd player / vcr / cable-box / etc.)
Your television tuner pulls in the signal from your satellite / cable / antenna and is what lets you select channels to watch (to display on the monitor screen). You can have multiple tuners on the same system - each of them selecting a different signal ... but your tv can (typically) only display one channel at a time.
Some DVD players have a built-in tuner so that you can feed your cable / satellite / antenna signal though that device. This allows you to watch television (on your TV monitor) through that device instead of the signal that your tv is receiving. This the same way you can record one show on your VCR while watching a different one on the TV.
The "tuner" is like the dial on your radio which let's you "tune-in" specific stations out of that spectrum of signal thats coming into your receiver (television / dvd player / vcr / cable-box / etc.)
Your television tuner pulls in the signal from your satellite / cable / antenna and is what lets you select channels to watch (to display on the monitor screen). You can have multiple tuners on the same system - each of them selecting a different signal ... but your tv can (typically) only display one channel at a time.
Some DVD players have a built-in tuner so that you can feed your cable / satellite / antenna signal though that device. This allows you to watch television (on your TV monitor) through that device instead of the signal that your tv is receiving. This the same way you can record one show on your VCR while watching a different one on the TV.
Can a person buy a VCR/DVD player that also RECORDS DVD in High DEF (HD)?
BreadColli
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At this time you can't buy one that will record HD that has a built-in VCR. But I suspect there will be one on the market before the end of the year.
Expect to pay around $400 for such a dual-purpose recorder. It will likely be a Blue-Ray HD recorder. But don't expect it to be able to record from copyrighted VHS tapes.
Why would you want to do this? Your VCR can only output, at best 325 lines of horizontal resolution. You would be spending a lot of money on the recorder and blank DVD-R's with no improvement in picture quality. You'd be better off with a VCR\DVD recorder for about $150. DVDs will be with us for a while; and by the time you may want to record to HD-DVD, the recorders will be a lot cheaper. You won't lose any quality going from a DVD to HD-DVD, as they are digital formats.
At this time you can't buy one that will record HD that has a built-in VCR. But I suspect there will be one on the market before the end of the year.
Expect to pay around $400 for such a dual-purpose recorder. It will likely be a Blue-Ray HD recorder. But don't expect it to be able to record from copyrighted VHS tapes.
Why would you want to do this? Your VCR can only output, at best 325 lines of horizontal resolution. You would be spending a lot of money on the recorder and blank DVD-R's with no improvement in picture quality. You'd be better off with a VCR\DVD recorder for about $150. DVDs will be with us for a while; and by the time you may want to record to HD-DVD, the recorders will be a lot cheaper. You won't lose any quality going from a DVD to HD-DVD, as they are digital formats.
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