Posted by Al Klein on 08/29/05 21:18

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:39:39 -0500, Lawrence1500@webtv.net (Papa Bear)
said in rec.video.dvd.tech:

>I have bought my new DVD recorder, not an expensive model but, it's one
>that Ican afford and enjoy.

>I have two questions.

>1. I had wanted to connect my VCR inline with the DVR and the TV, but
>it just doesn't work.

>Can I do it or not?

Are they hooked up with the antenna connections, or with the
audio/video connections?

Yes, you can do it, but there's a trade-off. If you use the antenna
connections the video quality suffers. If you want to use the
audio/video connections (or S-VHS connections or RGB connections)
you'll have to get a switch box of some sort.

>2. I setting everything up and ran a "Test" recording of a VHS tape, I
>found a drastic difference in the colour/contrast etc., settings. The
>VHS tapes look o.k. to me, but when re-recorded onto DVD, the colours
>are all "screwed" up.

I think Paul got that one, if you're talking about commercial tapes.
If they're tapes you recorded, there's a problem somewhere.

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