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Old 31-07-2011, 16:39
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In the olden days when there was only 4 channels and you had your arial connection routed through a video recorder, was it possible to tape one channel whilst watching another?
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Old 31-07-2011, 16:44
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In my olden days there were only 2 channels and no VCRs.


In answer to your question - yes it was, the VCR had it's own tuner.
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Old 31-07-2011, 16:46
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Thanks, thought that was the case. It's amazing what Sky+ makes you forget
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Old 31-07-2011, 18:24
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Thanks, thought that was the case. It's amazing what Sky+ makes you forget
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Old 31-07-2011, 18:58
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In my olden days there were only 2 channels and no VCRs.


In answer to your question - yes it was, the VCR had it's own tuner.
My olden days are older than yours , just one channel BBC-TV 405 lines transmitted on VHF band 1, requiring a huge band 1 H aerial. ITV came along later (VHF band 3 if I remember correctly the first true yagi arrays I ever saw) requiring a tin box to remodulate the channel to allow viewing.
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Old 31-07-2011, 19:22
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My olden days are older than yours , just one channel BBC-TV 405 lines transmitted on VHF band 1, requiring a huge band 1 H aerial. ITV came along later (VHF band 3 if I remember correctly the first true yagi arrays I ever saw) requiring a tin box to remodulate the channel to allow viewing.
I had originally said in my post that I'm sure someone would be along soon before ITV was launched, but I didn't want to 'date' anyone.
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Old 31-07-2011, 20:26
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And when satellite tv went direct to home in the UK, I placed the TV aerial cable in to the satellite receivers UHF input and a Flylead was placed into the UHF output which plugged into the VCR aerial input, and that allowed the VCR to tune in to the satellite receiver. and the TV could tune in too. I still use this method of connection today.
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Old 01-08-2011, 01:06
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My olden days are older than yours , just one channel BBC-TV 405 lines transmitted on VHF band 1, requiring a huge band 1 H aerial. ITV came along later (VHF band 3 if I remember correctly the first true yagi arrays I ever saw) requiring a tin box to remodulate the channel to allow viewing.
So ITV never used Band I then ? What would Bob Tamolski think of the last 10 years...it's quite scary really...
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