Hawkmoon1021
Acrobat
...and if so can you record DVD's on to VHS? Anyone know? It hinges on me buying one...Thanks in advance.
Is it hard to hook up a DVD player & a VCR to the same TV?
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UnforgettableLemon
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I tried before for a report I did on Malcolm X, I was gonna show some clips in class, but all I had was the DVD. It wouldn't record right, so I brought my DVD player to school and used it.
SicilianGoddess
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Ah just my subject. LOL.
I just bought a DVD player, hooked it up through my vcr and tv. Now my tv has no plugs in the back at all, just the cable line so everything else I had going through the vcr. Anyways, with the DVD player on and playing movies, the picture's color would fade from light to dark (like red) every 5 or so seconds. SO ANNOYING. I was like, ok what is going on. Finally my landlord was around and I asked him about it and he told me I needed to go buy an RF Modulator. Which I guess acts as a middle man between your tv and vcr, cable etc. Needless to say it worked! I have a perfect picture now. And no you cant record DVD to VHS you get lines all through the recording, I tried it already.
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I just bought a DVD player, hooked it up through my vcr and tv. Now my tv has no plugs in the back at all, just the cable line so everything else I had going through the vcr. Anyways, with the DVD player on and playing movies, the picture's color would fade from light to dark (like red) every 5 or so seconds. SO ANNOYING. I was like, ok what is going on. Finally my landlord was around and I asked him about it and he told me I needed to go buy an RF Modulator. Which I guess acts as a middle man between your tv and vcr, cable etc. Needless to say it worked! I have a perfect picture now. And no you cant record DVD to VHS you get lines all through the recording, I tried it already.
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Hawkmoon1021
Acrobat
Thanks for the info SG...sounds the same as my hookup...
SicilianGoddess
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
You're welcome and by the way, dont buy a modulator from Radioshack.
I got mine at Blockbuster for $30 and its simple and cured all my problems.
I got mine at Blockbuster for $30 and its simple and cured all my problems.
lazyboy
War Child
Wow exact same thing I was wondering! 2 hours I spent feckin around with it tonight!
SG, with the RF modulator does it not record clearly? I dunno, but I am almost sure I recorded a DVD to VHS when I first got the DVD player, and it worked perfectly, but hadn't hooked them up until now, and I'm getting the same problem as you, that light to dark and then lines all over it, argh! Ah well, guess my friends gotta buy the VHS
SG, with the RF modulator does it not record clearly? I dunno, but I am almost sure I recorded a DVD to VHS when I first got the DVD player, and it worked perfectly, but hadn't hooked them up until now, and I'm getting the same problem as you, that light to dark and then lines all over it, argh! Ah well, guess my friends gotta buy the VHS
SicilianGoddess
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Hmm well I havent tried recording from DVD to VHS since I got the modulator.. I tried when I first got the DVD without the modulator and just got lines through it..interesting..I might try it tonite and see if it still copies with lines through it.
My main concern though at the time was getting the picture to look normal just playing the damn thing! Which it did once I hooked up the modulator, so I was pleased enough at that point and wasnt concerned about recording to VHS.
But I'll try and see what happens!
Can you clarify this sentence for me..lol:
I recorded a DVD to VHS when I first got the DVD player, and it worked perfectly, but hadn't hooked them up until now,
You lost me.
My main concern though at the time was getting the picture to look normal just playing the damn thing! Which it did once I hooked up the modulator, so I was pleased enough at that point and wasnt concerned about recording to VHS.
But I'll try and see what happens!
Can you clarify this sentence for me..lol:
I recorded a DVD to VHS when I first got the DVD player, and it worked perfectly, but hadn't hooked them up until now,
You lost me.
lazyboy
War Child
Originally posted by SicilianGoddess:
Can you clarify this sentence for me..lol:
I recorded a DVD to VHS when I first got the DVD player, and it worked perfectly, but hadn't hooked them up until now,
You lost me.
Lost me too
SicilianGoddess
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Ok so your main query is that you want to copy the dvd onto vhs tapes? Other than that it works fine? Clear picture?
I think I lost myself and you were making sense the whole time. LOL.
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I think I lost myself and you were making sense the whole time. LOL.
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lazyboy
War Child
Hehe, ahem, yes, DVD onto VHS would be my main worry, I have absolutely no bother connecting all those feckers up to my TV at the same time. That's cause of Scart cables, yours only has the cable input? Icky. Well, thanks for your help, and let me know if that RF modulator makes a difference in the recording, I dunno what is up with mine, maybe the whole "you're not actually meant to use em like this" factor is against me, ah well.
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