my elderly neighbour has an old Virgin box in his living room, scart lead connects that to vcr for him to record cable tv, he's dreading the day the box dies
in his back room he has a freeview vcr/dvd recorder, he uses the VCR bit on that to record tv programmes.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, or in this case, if he's not willing to move with the times
But it suits him at the moment, and he has hundreds of TV shows, films, old football matches he doesn't want to lose!