Can you record show off the air? Or in otherwords using a digit TV antenna can I record shows off of the air? I do not have a dish or cable box.
1419682
Yes, you can record shows off the air. As long as you have the yellow, red, and white Tv inputs on your Television. I use them and did not use HDMI.
1419683
I'm not certain. I do know from my post that if you just have a cable (with NO cable box or satellite box) you can't record anything since this product does not have an RF in port, so to speak. I suggest you visit the Toshiba web site and see if it can answer this question. Toshiba seemingly no longer has "live" tech support - it's ALL on their site. Booooo ! ! ! Good luck and hope I've been of some assistance.
1419684
Far as I can tell you have to have a rca or hdmi from a cable box or dvr there is no coaxle input on the back as I can see, plus it does not have a built in tuner. Hope that helps.
1419685
We were never able to get recorder setup, therefore can only speak from presumption...recording off the air was one of the main reasons we wanted to invest in this player. As I mentioned product eval. earlier, setup was a bust. We finally got recording capabilities via cable...not orig. choice, but sanity saver!,
1419686
no, because the recorder noes not have its own tuner. you will need to buy a recorder with the tuner at about $500 to $600.
1419687
I have an antennae hooked to a digital tuner box, some people call them converter boxes, and that is hooked to the dvd player which records over-air channels. This recorder doesn't have an antennae jack so you have to use either the composite/rca cables (yellow, red, white) or an hdmi cable. I set the recorder to record the output channel of my digital tuner and set the converter to the channel I want to record. It records over-air like that. Hope it helps.
1419688
Unfortunately, you cannot record off the air with this unit. To use the Toshiba DR430 for that purpose, you need an independent digital tuner. (Digital front end.) They are fairly cheap if you don't have one already. An alternative is to look for a DVD recorder that has an internal tuner but they are more expensive if they make them. I have not looked. Most manufacturers assume that someone with a DVD recorder will probably have satellite or cable access. Another alternative is if you already have a VCR with a digital tuner. It will function as the "front end" and has outputs that the DVD can read. You do not need to record on the VCR for it to pass the signal through. You might be able to find one of these VCRs cheap or even free if the recording function does not work. Obviously, the digital tuner function must work. Good luck.
1419689
No you can't.. These days they have made it impossible for anyone to record anything they don't want you to. Believe me I've tried.
1419690
You should be able to record the same signal your TV is getting. If you have a picture on your TV you should be able to record it.
622088
One unfortunate drawback of this recorder is its lack of a tuner. If you get your television programs using cable or a satellite, this is not a problem. However, if you get your programming over the air using an antenna or your television's internal tuner, then you are not able to record directly from your television.
2066812
I'll make a guess of an answer, but I don't have cable connected to my unit (used for broadcast stations). I would assume what's missing is the automatic scheduling of shows. In other words no built in TV guide. You'll have to find out when your show is airing and then set the recorder to record by date a time. That's how I use my recorder on broadcast TV.
1413270
Yes, you can tape or record any show off TV that is not copy [protected. You can record to either VHS tape or to DVD.s. Byron Bratlie
1683309
Yes, you will be able to set up recording of programs off the air ahead of time but the feature does not work the way you would expect. In my tuner, the calendar is a few days behind the actual date and I always need to correct programming for that offset. The other inconvenience is that the tuner does not automatically takes the channel number and the time from the program guide. I need to set up recording manually. To make HD TV recording it is important to use a fast USB 3.0 hard or flash drive. I am using PNY flash drive with 130MB/s writing speed and it provides high quality HD recording.
1590554
The one I got was not a recorder. Also, the number of shows recorded is a feature of your satellite service provider. The standard is record 2 while watching 1. You have to pay extra to get the additionals. Not sure about your 2nd question. It is not "wireless", so it will grab the signal only as far away as the cable length allows <;-)
129238
Yes, but keep in mind that you have to supply your own usb hard drive and you will be limited to recording whatever channels the antenna can pick up. Also you will not be able to record one thing and watch another. You will watch what is being recorded. The box does a pretty good job recording. I can't tell the difference between something that's been recorded and live tv. The naming scheme is basic and doesn't use show names so you may have a hard time finding a particular show you recorded if you record a lot of stuff. But all in all this box enables free hd recording of your local channels.
352440
You should be able to record if you can connect it to your over the air antenna. I purchased a fine Philip antenna from Walmart which connects to the coaxial cable outlet and provides excellent reception.
1847963
It will record what can be viewed on your TV. So if you don't have cable, just an antenna, it can record those stations.
1295258
If you record off a HD over the air feed, it will record in a .ts format. There are various videos players (check the web) that you can download to view this format. Otherwise, you need a video editing software to convert the .ts file to something more mainstream such as .mp4 or mpeg-2. I found a way to record off my Dish as well but even though it's a HD Dish channel, it records in analog and the format is mpeg-2.
1192549
If you're receiving digital signals through your antenna, there is a limited TV guide for each station. Unfortunately it is not as good as the guide that shows up with a cable company's DVR. Some stations only list programs up to a few hours beyond the time you access the guide while other stations guides go for up to 48 hours beyond the current time. Kind of frustrating for shows you want to record that are a few days or more out from your current time. You could access tvguide.com from your computer and write down the dates/times of those shows and manually program recording times for them on the DVR.
1285075
I'm not sure how that works to be honest. I do know that you need to buy a tuner to record shows from your tv. I'd assume you need the same thing to record from your DVR.
1955734
I never tried it but it seems reasonable that it would record from a DVR. Since I got rid of it years ago I can't test it to see if it would, however. Good luck!
1965844
The device has separate Atsc & Ntsc tuners and I get my digital cable channels with over the air channel numbers. For example, my standard cable delivers ABC as channel 9 in analog and 711 in digital HD. If I want to record this channel it shows up as channel 6.1 which is the over air number. Also, I took another look at the quick start page and it shows both antenna and cable connections.
279833
I have the same and it works great and hooks up to the antenna .it finds all your channels and will record them.love it .you can record to a RW DVD, plan DVD disk or to the hard drive it has .I even have a old analog TV and it replaces the digital converter box I have or you can use both,or either
1351120
The unit should record the show from the original broadcast and it should play back exactly how it was recorded.I don't believe this unit has any extra "features." Leave those up to your TV.
64814
I believe you can. You download the recorded show and should be able to watch it anywhere. I bought this so my daughter could watch recorded programs while she is away at college, so she uses it a lot more than I do. I hope this helped.