Does anyone have information about DVRs for TV (No cable or

Sorry about that. We recently got rid of out old TV for a Samsung HDTV so in changing away from analog, our VCR became nonfunctional (although someone recently suggested hooking the VCR through the analog converter box to play tapes and possibly record , although that's still in question) which is why I'm researching DVRs. I have no cable contract and am not interested in one but I'd still like to record standard, local channel programming on occasion which usually means PBS and a one or two other channels.

As to the VCR most VCRs play fine on most HDTVs. I find folk challenged by connections but if the VCR has failed, it's gone.

If you are trying to record HD content, that's a failure in the making. Doesn't work.

As to the analog convertor box, let those that suggest that point it out so we can look at what it doesn.

-> OK, let's try again. How are you watching PBS? Off a HDTV ANTENNA? If so you need a HDTV DVR that takes Antenna input. Channel Master does that. And it's 3 years total cost of ownership is the lowest as noted by CNET.

Read http://www.cnet.com/news/aereo-alternatives-for-recording-free-over-the-air-roundup/

Again, sorry about that. Yes, it's an antenna and Channel Master covers that but in reading the specifics you need numerous extras to make it function properly and that jumps the price up to $450 to $500 which seems a bit steep but if that's the best option I guess I'll have to save up and bite the bullet. The DVD recorders come in at a few hundred dollars less than that in most circumstances. Do you know if one is better and more applicable than the other or have any personal experience with them other than reading the reviews as I have done (truthfully, if you have any technical background you'd probably pick up more from the reviews than I did as I am a true novice)? Thanks again for your time on this.

As to DVD models, junk. You'll figure that out after you buy one. Here I gave mine away as I was not about to get a call for support or that I ripped them off.

I have checked Amazon, Best Buy, Google, and a few others. There are numerous possibilities but some of the products are relatively new or have not been out for any great period of time so, again, the reviews are sketchy. I'm would like the ability to watch a show and record one at the same time which means two tuners. I think the DVD recorders are a bit of overkill as I really don't need over a thousand hours of potential recording time but they are generally cost effective when compared to the Channelmasters and all the extra hookups necessary to make them work. The Tablos seem OK but I was hoping someone out there might have actual experiences to report. Some of the reviews say that the units quit working after a few weeks so I'm unsure how dependable they are. The general universal statement seems to be that you get what you pay for but even the expensive units aren't rated so well which puts me where I am, asking for advice. Has anyone dealt with these?

But you wrote "TV" and that changed so much with HDTV. Until I read what the source video is I can't see why I would note more than the Channel Master.

recorder now. I bought 3 dvd recorders awhile back when vcr can no longer record OTA channels when change over to digital. but now I see dvd recorders are pretty expensive. "Dvd recorder are overkill"...but that's all we have now.