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Posted by Mike S. on 11/28/06 16:23
In article <m0Zah.4231$ql2.1077@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Bill McCutcheon <wjmccn@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>"History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message
>news:804f8$456c4a91$48311160$14008@FUSE.NET...
>> I'm considering my 1st DVD recorder. I've owned several standard DVD
>> players, but the recording option is quite attractive. However, before I
>> buy one, I need to have one question answered. It's somewhat tricky to
>> explain. I'll do my best.
>>
>> Currently, I watch television via DirecTV, using an S-Video Cable.
>> This enables me to watch programming on channel 'Video 1', which results
>> in a much sharper picture quality. Before using the S-Video, all my TV
>> programming (cable and satellite) were set to channel 3, the default.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I cannot watch my VHS tapes on Video 1. I have to
>> switch to Channel 3 to do that. Curiously, I can record to my VCR while
>> watching Video 1, but it uses the inferior broadcast signal from Channel
>> 3.
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>> Okay, to my question. If I got a DVD Recorder, would it be able to
>> record TV programs using the Video 1 signal, or the inferior Channel 3
>> signal? If it's the latter, I'll forget about a DVD recorder.
>>
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>Virtually all DVD recorders have inputs for recording from S-video and
>component video sources.
Actually they have inputs for S-video and =composite= video sources.
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