Re: VCR record/play with digital tuner

On Jan 15, 2:40 pm, Chill Out <chi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:30:17 -0800, dmaster wrote for every to trash:





On Jan 15, 12:44 am, Chill Out <chi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:39:53 -0500, Dave Boland wrote for every to
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Yes I agree with you.  You'd think by now new DVR, PVR, VCRs and home
theater receivers would include the digital tuners as standard.  I have
the cheapo converter boxes and the cheaper one is smart enough to
automatically switch aspect ratio but neither is a programable tuner.

I believe that as of some time in early 2008, all TV devices made for
sale in the USA that include a tuner must include an ATSC tuner.  If you
purchased a tuner equipped device after that and the device did not
include an ATSC tuner, it should have been left over stock of an older
model.
  
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Dan (Woj...)

Yes the new TV devices takes care of VCRs and DVRs.
My chief complaint is that home theater makers don't include digital
tuners.  Likewise I don't know if these digital tuner DVRs and VCRs
record ATSC in multichannel DTS or Dolby Digital.  

Isn't that the purpose of home theaters to play DTS and Dolby Digital?- Hide quoted text -

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I've only used the now discontinued Sony HD DVR, but that unit does
record whatever sound is being broadcast, including Dolby Digital
5.1. If I'm not mistaken, my Panasonic DVD recorders (I don't have a
unit with both a VCR and an ATSC tuner) record in Dolby Pro Logic II.
So I still get surround sound from the recorded DVDs, just not
necessarily as good as the original broadcast. I'm unaware of anyone
broadcasting multichannel DTS, but I could be wrong.

As far as "home theaters" go, I'm assuming you are referring to the
all-in-one "home theater in a box" concept. Those are really nothing
more than an audio receiver, DVD player, and speakers. Without
including a DVD recorder, I don't see why an ATSC tuner would be
included. The industry usually just never has included a TV tuner in
a receiver, even today's stand alone audio and video switching
receivers.

Dan (Woj..)
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