Taping DVR playback on VHS

February 4, 2008 7:20 AM

I have a TV/VCR combo. If I get a DVR through the cable company, can I record to VHS tapes from the DVR playback?

I'm thinking of getting digital cable and DVR, through Time Warner. A lot of times I like to record shows onto VHS tapes to watch in the other room, where I have a TV and VCR sitting in front of my treadmill. Or I like to take tapes over to boyfriend's house to watch there. So, if I play back what the DVR has recorded, can I tape it using the built-in VCR?

The last time I had a digital cable box it was a pain to record to VHS because I had to make sure I left the box on the right channel, so it would be nice if the DVR could handle all that for me and I just put it on VHS at my leisure.

posted by JanetLand to Technology (3 answers total)

I've done this using a Cox Cable DVR and it worked fine. I think the only catch would be if Time-Warner enables Macrovision on whichever channel you want to record on the VCR.
posted by aerotive at 7:34 AM on February 4, 2008

TiVo has a feature called "Send to VCR" specifically for this purpose.
posted by designbot at 8:18 AM on February 4, 2008

It depends on the VHS player (my Panasonic DVD-R/VHS combo can't record channels as high as the DVR replay channel, which is...unamusing).
posted by thomas j wise at 9:57 AM on February 4, 2008