Hi!

I have an HD 32" LCD, and a SA 4250HD box.

Current setup. Cable to Cable box antena in cable box HDMI out to TV HDMI in.

I just got an DVD recorder...so...

Can I just plug a piece of cable from the cable box Antena out to the DVR box cable in and just use any output from the DVR to the TV?

Could the HD Cable box output the same signal through both the HDMI and antena out @ the same time?

Could the DVR record TV with this setup?

Basically, all I want is to be able to press record on the DVR, whenever something is playing on the TV. I don't care to control it or have it control any of the other devices...

Thanks!

You could but you'd be better off connecting the S-video or composite video and analog audio cables from the cable box to the DVDR, you'll get a better quality recording this way.

Read you cable box manual.

BTW: I believe you do have the same question in another thread which is consider cross posting.

You could but you'd be better off connecting the S-video or composite video and analog audio cables from the cable box to the DVDR, you'll get a better quality recording this way.

That's pretty much what I did for a friend the other day. Verizon HD cable DVR will play through all outputs at the same time so I merely connected the s-video out on the cable box to the s-video in on the DVD-R, then connected the s-video out on the DVD-R to the S-video in on the TV. Same thing with the analog audio inputs/outputs. Then I could monitor the recording on the TV while it was going. My friend said it looked great even though it wasn't HD because my DVD-R can not record in HD, only progressive scan 480p.