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Originally Posted by Geoff103
It's all a bit pathetic, isn't it.
VHS manufacturers gave their recorders an analogue tuner from Day 1. DVD recorders should - given their digital nature - have been equipped with a DTT from the start.
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Unfortunatly, this is the way things work - You're right - (most) VHS recorders did get tuners analog tuners from day 1, although I'm sure that just like you can find video *players* you can find recorders that will just record from an AV source - I'm thinking for things like CCTV.
And the other thing is, although they had tuners in since day 1, when NICAM came out it'd probably take untill the majority of the country had NICAM TVs before most videos were made nicam by default...
the other thing is now how many videos can you get that record SVIDEO, or RGB? And how many people couldn't get DTT through their exsisting ariels or due to location, and would moan if it didn't come with a normal tuner?