Technology Question

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.

Lower Brandywine Storytelling Festival - the short version

This is mostly a placeholder and I will write more when I'm home. All in all a very impressive line-up. However, I have a minor complaint about Willy Claflin. Namely, my face hurts from laughing so hard at his stories. He even had some new stuff. There were a couple of tellers who I hadn't heard before and enjoyed and ones who I've had mixed feelings about before who did material I liked for the most part.

I was also working on my second nalbinding project while listening. I finished one mitten and made part of a second. Unfortunately, I can't find the one I'm in the middle of. I'm hoping I just need to look through my things more thoroughly. If I can't dig it up, I will email the festival organizer and see if I left it there. Sigh.

I'll also write more about what happens when my sense of direction collides with Mapquest's lack of knowledge of road work.