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Originally Posted by Geoff103
There doesn't seem much point to that!
There's a basic economic argument here:
1) VHS players are now commodity items with low margins in a nearly mature market. Little incentive for the main brands
2) DVD recorders are new with high prices and higher margins into an immature market.
3) Potential 'early adopters' are more likely to be digital tv users (whether by cable, satellite or terrestrial) than analogue users.
4) First to market with a recorder with digital tuner secures an immediate advantage.
5) Failing an internal digital tuner, why not 'bundle' the recorder with an add-on DTT set-top box? Though this is an imperfect solution since according to the Freeview Postcode checker, DTT is not available here (Farnham, Surrey)
Having defined the problem and found no solution, I WILL NOT purchase a DVD recorder with only an analogue internal tuner.
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But that's it - early adopters will either have SKY, NTL, or freeview - or more than one - if people get thier DTV from sky or NTL, then a DTT decoder in the box will be no good - I don't even have an ariel plugged in! The only possible way to get something similar, is via the sky+ but I don't even think that has got two 'tuners', but then you have to have sky - so what's the point in the DTT? Even bundling a DTT box is not really gonna help if you already have DTV