Hi Rob,
Funny you should link to that article, as i read that one last night and that was what got me thinking before posting on here!
Only seems to mention DVD-R's though, so i posted on here to see if anyone had experienced it with VCR's. As you say, the VCR is quite old, but to me that's no excuse for Telewest.....they have provided a VCR scart socket, why doesnt it work! I will call them later, as im currently niggling them about a few things with my installation that i have not been happy about.
Failing that, i might just borrow my dad's Pace box (the parents are in Tenerife at the mo!!) and hook it into my system to see if it makes a difference!