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Originally Posted by jmhsrv
Comcast just installed a couple of these at my folks house. I have a 80GB Philips DVR up there that I use for recording. The unit is non-proprietary and functions basically like a VCR. My problem is that I cannot figure out how to hook it up so that I can record one channel while the folks watch another one. Is this box designed to screw people into having to get a DVR from Comcast?
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If the Philips has a cable tuner, then yes, you would be able to record on channels under 99 as the ones above it will be scrambled due to the fact your DVR doesnt take a cable card/smart card.
If it does have a tuner you could just run a seperate coax line to the DVR and switch between the inputs.
If your dvr doesn't have a tuner, you could hook up a VCR in sequence, so the vcr would process the cable and tune channels below 99, then you could plug that into your dvr and go from there...
or...
You could record what is being watch on the cable box.
just some ideas...