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gfre...@aol.com
Nov 4, 2015, 3:27:34 PM11/4/15
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I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
function easier to use?
out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
function easier to use?
George Kerby
Nov 5, 2015, 9:18:05 AM11/5/15
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On 11/4/15 2:27 PM, in article bdqk3b5amkd9edqid...@4ax.com,
I gave my machines to Clock Boy and he found a new life for them...
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 5, 2015, 10:43:15 AM11/5/15
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:18:03 -0600, George Kerby
<ghost_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>On 11/4/15 2:27 PM, in article bdqk3b5amkd9edqid...@4ax.com,
>"gfre...@aol.com" <gfre...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>> function easier to use?
>
>Who in the hell would be watching 480 anymore in today's 4K world?
>
There is still a lot of stuff out there that is not in HD. GIGO
<ghost_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
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>On 11/4/15 2:27 PM, in article bdqk3b5amkd9edqid...@4ax.com,
>"gfre...@aol.com" <gfre...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>> function easier to use?
>
>Who in the hell would be watching 480 anymore in today's 4K world?
>
Mark Lloyd
Nov 5, 2015, 12:26:32 PM11/5/15
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think it works better if you DON'T have a guide (although you'll need
the lineup if you want to record from the tuner).
BTW, I tried it once on a 2020 and found it still possible to do a
manual record from line 1 without any lineup settings.
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Mark Lloyd
Nov 5, 2015, 12:32:33 PM11/5/15
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On 11/05/2015 08:18 AM, George Kerby wrote:
[snip]
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> Who in the hell would be watching 480 anymore in today's 4K world?
>
A lot of what I want to watch is older shows.
WiRNS allows more control over multiple Replays.
Replay allows digital transfers to DVA or WiRNS, without dealing with
corporate paranoia (misleadingly called "protection").
BTW, do you know that while the Replay isn't HD, it DOES handle widescreen.
> I gave my machines to Clock Boy and he found a new life for them...
>
[snip]
>
> Who in the hell would be watching 480 anymore in today's 4K world?
>
WiRNS allows more control over multiple Replays.
Replay allows digital transfers to DVA or WiRNS, without dealing with
corporate paranoia (misleadingly called "protection").
BTW, do you know that while the Replay isn't HD, it DOES handle widescreen.
> I gave my machines to Clock Boy and he found a new life for them...
>
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 5, 2015, 1:34:05 PM11/5/15
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 11:26:30 -0600, Mark Lloyd <n...@mail.invalid>
wrote:
>On 11/04/2015 02:27 PM, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>> function easier to use?
>>
>
>In case you mean real MANUAL (press record, wait awhile, press stop), I
>think it works better if you DON'T have a guide (although you'll need
>the lineup if you want to record from the tuner).
>
>BTW, I tried it once on a 2020 and found it still possible to do a
>manual record from line 1 without any lineup settings.
I have no problem with a blank lineup screen (what I get since the
Zap2it guide went away) but just getting to the record menu is more
cumbersome than it needs to be and it certainly could use an instant
record button like the VCRs used to have (press record and it starts
recording whatever you are watching for a half hour, increasing the
stop time with each press)
Right now I am only using this to digitize programs I have on my Dish
DVR so I can store them in a useful manner.
I may try to find a digital to NTSC converter that the replay can talk
to so I can use this on OTA broadcasts, most are SD anyway (on the sub
channels).
At a certain point I guess I will end up with a PC solution but I
still like the replay.
BTW I do have the local channel antenna module in the Dish machine but
it really sucks. I can see all of the local stations just fine with
rabbit ears on my TV but the Dish tuner pixelates and drops out with a
deep fringe antenna and an antenna amp. They don't want you to look at
OTA.
wrote:
>On 11/04/2015 02:27 PM, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>> function easier to use?
>>
>
>In case you mean real MANUAL (press record, wait awhile, press stop), I
>think it works better if you DON'T have a guide (although you'll need
>the lineup if you want to record from the tuner).
>
>BTW, I tried it once on a 2020 and found it still possible to do a
>manual record from line 1 without any lineup settings.
Zap2it guide went away) but just getting to the record menu is more
cumbersome than it needs to be and it certainly could use an instant
record button like the VCRs used to have (press record and it starts
recording whatever you are watching for a half hour, increasing the
stop time with each press)
Right now I am only using this to digitize programs I have on my Dish
DVR so I can store them in a useful manner.
I may try to find a digital to NTSC converter that the replay can talk
to so I can use this on OTA broadcasts, most are SD anyway (on the sub
channels).
At a certain point I guess I will end up with a PC solution but I
still like the replay.
BTW I do have the local channel antenna module in the Dish machine but
it really sucks. I can see all of the local stations just fine with
rabbit ears on my TV but the Dish tuner pixelates and drops out with a
deep fringe antenna and an antenna amp. They don't want you to look at
OTA.
Mark Lloyd
Nov 6, 2015, 1:38:39 PM11/6/15
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On 11/05/2015 12:33 PM, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 11:26:30 -0600, Mark Lloyd <n...@mail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/04/2015 02:27 PM, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>>> function easier to use?
>>>
>>
>> In case you mean real MANUAL (press record, wait awhile, press stop), I
>> think it works better if you DON'T have a guide (although you'll need
>> the lineup if you want to record from the tuner).
>>
>> BTW, I tried it once on a 2020 and found it still possible to do a
>> manual record from line 1 without any lineup settings.
>
> I have no problem with a blank lineup screen (what I get since the
> Zap2it guide went away) but just getting to the record menu is more
> cumbersome than it needs to be
I have wished that "record" button would actually do that, rather than
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 11:26:30 -0600, Mark Lloyd <n...@mail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/04/2015 02:27 PM, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>>> I know back in the days where this was thought of as cheating someone
>>> out of money but now that these machines are reaching "paper weight"
>>> status, has anyone come up with a hack that makes the manual record
>>> function easier to use?
>>>
>>
>> In case you mean real MANUAL (press record, wait awhile, press stop), I
>> think it works better if you DON'T have a guide (although you'll need
>> the lineup if you want to record from the tuner).
>>
>> BTW, I tried it once on a 2020 and found it still possible to do a
>> manual record from line 1 without any lineup settings.
>
> I have no problem with a blank lineup screen (what I get since the
> Zap2it guide went away) but just getting to the record menu is more
> cumbersome than it needs to be
presenting a menu. I'd have put in a button that starts recording NOW,
and never does anything else. Useful when you'd line to record something
coming on in less than a second.
> and it certainly could use an instant
> record button like the VCRs used to have (press record and it starts
> recording whatever you are watching for a half hour, increasing the
> stop time with each press)
"quick record"), one press for each half hour. Of course with that,
you'd still have to make sure there's a blank tape in.
> Right now I am only using this to digitize programs I have on my Dish
> DVR so I can store them in a useful manner.
> I may try to find a digital to NTSC converter that the replay can talk
> to so I can use this on OTA broadcasts, most are SD anyway (on the sub
> channels).
me that the more recent versions don't work (sorry I don't still have
that and can't remember the model number or Replay IR code).
> At a certain point I guess I will end up with a PC solution but I
> still like the replay.
>
> BTW I do have the local channel antenna module in the Dish machine but
> it really sucks. I can see all of the local stations just fine with
> rabbit ears on my TV but the Dish tuner pixelates and drops out with a
> deep fringe antenna and an antenna amp. They don't want you to look at
> OTA.
>
BTW, I suppose you know an antenna amp won't help unless there is a good
signal at its input.
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gfre...@aol.com
Nov 6, 2015, 3:44:07 PM11/6/15
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 12:38:35 -0600, Mark Lloyd <n...@mail.invalid>
I have had about a dozen VCRs over the years. I had a Sony SL7200
Betamax in 75, one of the first in the DC area.
After about 80, most had the instant record feature and most of them
were very easy to program.
>> Right now I am only using this to digitize programs I have on my Dish
>> DVR so I can store them in a useful manner.
>> I may try to find a digital to NTSC converter that the replay can talk
>> to so I can use this on OTA broadcasts, most are SD anyway (on the sub
>> channels).
>
>I have had an RCA unit that would work. However, some people have told
>me that the more recent versions don't work (sorry I don't still have
>that and can't remember the model number or Replay IR code).
I just have the "guvmint" free box. a Magnavox machine I think.
them I wanted to use the DVR and that depends on the channel module
that just sucks.
I have upgraded the antenna twice and it works fairly well but I still
get dropouts. Right now the antenna is a deep fringe that should work
100 miles away and I am more like 25.
Betamax in 75, one of the first in the DC area.
After about 80, most had the instant record feature and most of them
were very easy to program.
>> Right now I am only using this to digitize programs I have on my Dish
>> DVR so I can store them in a useful manner.
>> I may try to find a digital to NTSC converter that the replay can talk
>> to so I can use this on OTA broadcasts, most are SD anyway (on the sub
>> channels).
>
>I have had an RCA unit that would work. However, some people have told
>me that the more recent versions don't work (sorry I don't still have
>that and can't remember the model number or Replay IR code).
>
>> At a certain point I guess I will end up with a PC solution but I
>> still like the replay.
>>
>> BTW I do have the local channel antenna module in the Dish machine but
>> it really sucks. I can see all of the local stations just fine with
>> rabbit ears on my TV but the Dish tuner pixelates and drops out with a
>> deep fringe antenna and an antenna amp. They don't want you to look at
>> OTA.
>>
>
>Does Dish have your local channels on satellite?
Only the primary channels, not the sub channels.
>> At a certain point I guess I will end up with a PC solution but I
>> still like the replay.
>>
>> BTW I do have the local channel antenna module in the Dish machine but
>> it really sucks. I can see all of the local stations just fine with
>> rabbit ears on my TV but the Dish tuner pixelates and drops out with a
>> deep fringe antenna and an antenna amp. They don't want you to look at
>> OTA.
>>
>
>Does Dish have your local channels on satellite?
>
>BTW, I suppose you know an antenna amp won't help unless there is a good
>signal at its input.
The raw signal was fine straight to the TV but if I want to record
>BTW, I suppose you know an antenna amp won't help unless there is a good
>signal at its input.
them I wanted to use the DVR and that depends on the channel module
that just sucks.
I have upgraded the antenna twice and it works fairly well but I still
get dropouts. Right now the antenna is a deep fringe that should work
100 miles away and I am more like 25.
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