Is there a product that can be bought to suppliment for an external tuner like a cable or satellite box?

Question

I received a Toshiba DVD recorder for Christmas and it says an external tuner is required to tape TV shows, etc. I do not have a cable box or satellite box so I can not use the DVD record function. Is there anything I can buy to make this recorder work?

Answer 1

No.

You will need a cable box to supply the channel signals to the DVD.

If you can return the unit take it back and get one with a tuner.

Answer 2

Yes there are external tuners which you can buy. They are usually about 50 to 100 bucks.

Keep in mind you can not record HD onto a DVD though. Regular DVD can not support that bandwidth.

Look here at these. The one on the bottom is digital. You are going to need that in a couple years anyway.

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