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Originally Posted by gastrof /forum/post/21546081
I had a 3455 and, while it has no digital tuner, in a lot of ways it's comparable to the 515 and its predecessors. The list of titles stored on the hard drive even has a nicer feature- It can be set to display either chronologically (like the 515) or alphabetically, according to how the titles are...well...titled.
The only problem I had with it was that after a while the drawer began having trouble opening and closing, and that was fixable twice with a simple rubber band replacing the door's drive belt. (There was a thread here for that model, and someone did come up with a source for exact replacements for the belt.)
If your unit works properly, it'll certainly do the job you want it to do.
Plus, if you get an old DTVPal or Zinwell Zat digital converter box, both of those have VCR type timers (not sure of the model number on the Zat) that'll work with the machine's own timer, allowing you to timer record OverTheAir television (in addition to your VCR project).
The one thing I have to warn you is that store-bought tapes will likely have copy-guard of one kind or another. (Sometimes even homemade tapes give a false copy-guard signal.) You might also need a "filter" between the VCR playback unit and the 3455, which Wajo discusses elsewhere on these forums.
Out of curiosity, how much is the 3455 going to cost you?
