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DVD recorders and VCRs are generally not made anymore so vintage units found in secondary markets or thrift sales or your own older units would have to be the source of this older technology.

There are also the combo units which offer both a VCR and a DVD recorder in one unit. Be careful however as some of these units only offer a DVD player not a DVD recorder.

VCRs have analog TV tuners while DVD recorders came with analog or digital TV tuners or no TV tuner at all. Both generally have the analog RCA audio video ports (yellow, white, red) for input and output. Some DVD recorders offer the HDMI output. VCRs and DVD recorders are standard video definition, meaning they cannot record High Definition video.



VCR Rear Panel



VCR/DVD Combo Unit Rear Panel

Sony, Panasonic, Magnavox, Philips, Samsung, JVC, Toshiba all made these VCR/DVD combo units (1999 - 2012).

TV displays:

A TV with only HDMI inputs would require a RCA to HDMI or a RF to HDMI adapter to connect a VCR. The same would hold true for a DVD recorder unless the HDMI output was present. For a combo unit with a DVD recorder and the HDMI output, both the VCR and DVD could be played using the HDMI output connection. For an older TV with RCA inputs or a budget HDTV with RCA inputs, you could connect the VCR or DVD recorder using the RCA type outputs. Select on the TV, the correct source input.

Sources for recording:

Record from over-the-air TV broadcasts, satellite TV, cable TV and play old VHS tapes, DVD movies.

TV and DVD Recorder with cable TV and VCR

View TV, watch DVD recordings or VHS tapes.
With this setup you can record to DVD or VHS tape and also playback VHS tape or DVD. To just watch TV, the DVD recorder will "pass-thru" the cable TV signal to the VCR which will also "pass-thru" the signal to the TV.

 



 Component Video Cables



Audio Cables



RF Cable











Connections
  1. RF cable (cable TV input) which supplies the input signal to the DVD recorder.
  2. RF connection which supplies the signal to the VCR.
  3. RF connection which supplies the channels to the TV.
  4. Component video cables supplying DVD output to the TV.
  5. Audio cables supplying DVD sound output to the TV.

    You could also connect composite video
To Use
  • Select DVD recorder video input by using TV remote
  • Select VCR input by using TV remote control

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