One can order a DVD recorder with a digital tuner from the website Amazon. Other options for ordering the product are the Best Buy and Walmart websites.
The Panasonic DVD recorder/VCR combo unfortunately doesn't come with a digital tuner. It must be purchased seperately.
One looking to purchase a DVD recorder with a tuner can find one at Walmart, Future Shop and best Buy. Online, one could purchase one on Amazon or eBay.
One possibility: if the signal is a digital broadcast and you have a digital-capable TV but the DVR has an analog tuner, the DVR would not see a recognizable signal, but the digital signal would pass through to the TV.
The samsung V9800 unfortunately doesn't come with a digital tuner, but your TV may have one in it.
what is the difference between a vcr & dvd combo with out tuner & one with. as far as recording a show on a vhs tape?
The modern VCR / DVD recorder does not work like the old VCRs. The switch to OTA digital TV has made the tuner less useful and was deleted from most device. VCR / DVD are now used to transfer the data to DVD . You could however attach cables fron an exernal digital tuner/ or cable box/ satellite into the VCR/DVD with the input line to record. (RCA / HDMI/ composite)
All of them are digital. Whether you record a program on a hard disk or a DVD, the recording is done digitally.
A DVD HDD recorder is better than a VCR, or a simple digital DVD recorder. Nothing can match a DVD HDD recorder's ability to pause and rewind live TV. If that's something you want, a DVD HDD recorder is the only way to get it with currently available technology.
Yes you can You can if you have another device that has a digital tuner plus the ability to convert digital to analoge, such as a set-top box, digital to analoge convert for over the air TV signals, and a DVD disk recorder with a built-in digital tuner.
no you need a DVD recorder
VCRs do NOT process digital signals, analgue is the only language they understand. Therefore, you need to place before the VCR a device that has a digital tuner plus the ability to convert digital signal to analogue. Examples of such devices are a cable / satellite set-top box, a digital to analog converter box (the converter box ONLY works IF your digital TV feed is coming from an over-the-air TV antenna, not through underground cable), and a stand-alone DVD disk recorder "with a built-in digital tuner". Whichever tuner plus converter device you have, connect either S-Video or Composite Video AND RCA (red and white) audio output of the device to the input sockets of your VCR. Make sure that whatever "types" of video and audio connections you make are available on both ends, as output on your tuner/converter device and input on your VCR.