Technology Question

[fauxklore]

Suppose one has an older television, with only an analog input. And one does not spend money on cable or FIOS television or such because one watches no more than 2 hours of television a week most of the time. (Baseball can be an exception, but that is what sports bars are for.)

Is there any reason why a DVD-R/VCR combo with a built-in digital tuner could not also function as the digital converter box for such a TV? That is, one would leave the TV tuned to channel 3 and always watch through the DVD-R/VCR.

My motivation for asking is that this would take up less room than having a separate convertor box. And I can probably get a good price on the DVD-R/VCR right now with Circuit City closing.

Comments

[cellio]

I would strongly expect that to work. I just bought a converter box and put it upstream of the VCR for this reason -- the VCR would need one anyway, and what's wrong with just watching the TV through the VCR?