[Andrelaplume]

I am a simple guy who HAD regular cable coming out my wall, split,one half into a cable box into my tv and one split into a DVD recorder and on into another input on my tv. I recorded my 8 programs a week and though this may have been VCR-like tech...I was quite happy.

Well rcn has decided every tv will now need a cable box (hmmm just a month a go they told me that would not be the case...) thus so will my dvd recorder....if I really want ti use it and NOT rent a dvr for $15 a month!

1) Is there a way I can still use my dvd recorder w/out having to have a second box? If I need a second box, must I set it the channel I want to record and leave the box on before I leave for work in the morning...of course after setting my recorder to record channel 4 at some predetermined time. Is there a way to hook this up>

2) The cable company said ALL tvs will need the box because they are getting away from analog signals bla bla bla. I said I thought they had 3 years to do that. They said I'd be in the same boat 3 years from now. I said I might have newer tvs with that new tuner that pics up those digital stations w/out a box. They say they are scrambling EVERYTHING so buy a tv without a tuner. Good grief! The JUNKY new boxes they installed on each tv in my house do not turn on/off the tv nor do their remotes do it well. You have to remember to turn BOTH on or off. Well, I am finding the kids shut the box but leave the darn tv on all the time...they forget because the screen goes black when they cable box is off. RCN says to teach them to just shut the tv and leave the cable box on all the time. The tech said it just an LED and won't cost anything to operate. Well these little 6 X6 clam shell like boxes get awefully warm even when off so something is going on in there. Is it true they coast near nothing if just left on with thetv off?

Thanks!!!

[Boostrail]

Hi

This forum is largely UK and Europe based, whilst we may have similar problems we cannot advise sensibly on US Cable systems such as RCN.

The North American equivalent of this forum is avsforum.com

HTH