will this work with cable tv also? Not just free over the air (being able to record cable tv like a tivo) onto your hard drive?
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In June, 2014, Comcast encrypted our local channels (in addition to the rest). So from now on, not with ours. (No more Clear-QAM.)
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Yes this will work with cable TV and you can record it to your hard drive and/or pause live TV.
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It will accept the input from a cable box. Most cable providers scramble their channels now, so it most likely won't work directly. The box will be necessary to descramble the signal.
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No. The TiVo and cable box won't interoperate. If you have two or more TiVo's in your house, then they can see each other, and act as a single multi-room DVR.One other consideration for TiVo: you will not be able to access your cable companies' On Demand programming via the TiVo box. I felt that the benefits of the TiVo outweighed the On Demand functionality, but it is still something to consider when deciding to purchase a TiVo.
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Hi, I never tried recording TV programs on it, but I guess if you can find a way to feed TV signal to the DVR it will record them also, it works just fine with the cameras though.
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How about OTA over the air digital TV? I have a Samsung set-top box to feed HD signal into my HD ready TV. Do you think the unit will record with component cables as the interface? I don't subscribe to cable or satellite.
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Really it's only used for game and video capture on your pc. I wouldn't capture cable or satellite do to copyright issues. I'm not even sure if it'll work
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You need digital cable. Something like Fios or Comcast. It will record any channel that you get be it movie or show. I think the Tivo subscription is 13 a month. Then add in cable. This is not for over the air recording. Lastly you will need a cable card to descramble the signal and let the Tivo know what channels you get. This is from the cable company and mine is 5$ a month. This unit will NOT work with analog cable, satellite or an antenna. Right now it includes streaming services for Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. You can also stream youtube videos.
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So did you ever solve your tuner problem? I hooked mine to my cable box to record programs that would fill in my cable co. DVR or did you try connecting this to one of the $40 government ATSC to analog boxes?
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This unit has an ATSC tuner, so it should be able to record over the air HD signal. Just get a good antenna.
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I don't think so. I don't use it to record from the cable tv - only to play dvds and video tapes.
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This only works for a computer with Windows media center and some other software which would have some limitations. It would be in place of a TIVO or cable box.
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I think it will since it has a "blaster" port. But I can't figure out why you need this box if you already have cable?? It can capture video via S-video, or component video from your cable box if that is what you are trying to do...I'm guessing you do not have a DVR cable box, so you could get it to capture video if you want, painful {setup/control} but should work. I think that the main use of this WinTV HVR is for OTA TV, and it works well for that as long as there is a strong signal. e.g. you need an outside digital antenna.
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Wouldn't work with my TiVo series 3 or premiere, which is why I had bought it. I tried various methods but nothing worked. You need a proprietary hard drive to work with TiVo. Wound up selling it on eBay.
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No, Tivo will not work with satellite TV, DIsh Network or Direct TV. They have their own DVR recorders which the customer must lease directly from their company. Tivo works with most recognized cable companies such as Comcast, Charter, etc.
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I have Directv but I have my recorder wires in the out plugs of my cable box. To record I change my tv to the AV selection on my tv and it will show the same programming from your tv. Make sure recorder is on. Your manual shows the plugins.
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When you say cable are you refering to cable tv, satellte tv of off air tv ? I would check my connections into the dvr. If you bypass the DVR and hook directly into the tv do you have the same issues ?
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The VCR works on a modern TV. I don't have cable, so I'm not sure about its recording capabilities.
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I have the exact same DVR on Time Warner Cable. And it works fine. The DVR recognizes the Expander and works fine. Unless your cable company loaded special firmware in the DVR to prevent the use of expanders, you shouldn't have any trouble.