Flash Gordon wrote:
How do you tape a program now? What equipment do you use? I get local, network channels with my antenna. Other stuff via internet connection. ..?
Folks on this thread seem to be using DVR, Digital Video Recorder.
For most, that means paying a few extra bucks a month to their service, they may have Comcast, Spectrum, Direct TV, Frontier, You-Tube, Sling or similar, those paid services offer to "record" things for you if you pay for DVR service.
For your antenna, you could buy a stand-alone DVR. It's simliar to your VCR but no tape, just pixels on a hard-drive/SSD), like this one (or there are many others with different features):
https://us-store.tablotv.com/products/tablo?variant=44315140096298¤cy=USD&utm_campaign=shop&utm_source=search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=shoppingnonbrand_google_launchboth__&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwztOwBhD7ARIsAPDKnkCMFAy2C7MV9NYF3VQqyDmC3yf5FjvOBqY8zM-imd2ND-q2q4tEnOUaAu-wEALw_wcBThose can be fairly easy to use and offer scheduled recordings. You can record Live TV and only the Free streaming videos on the internet (Not paid ones like Netflix).
Some smart TVs have built-in recording (like some LG TVs), I think that is only for cable or antenna, not internet.
For recording paid (like Netflix) videos on the internet, I think you'd need an SVR (Streaming video recorder software), like EaseUS or PlayOn—I don't know much about those so no link, Google it. You have to use your computer as the "DVR" and can connect your smart TV to your computer if you don't usually watch on your computer.
Or you could do what I do, LOL, and use adapters and splitters to hook up my old VCR to my cable box/antenna and to my Roku, but that's not simple, especially if I want to schedule a recording when I'm not there. And the old VCR quality is like an old tube TV, not HD. You could also use a DVR this way and get HD quality.