VCR help

[coachmaria]

Trying to get an old VCR working. It worked Previously as I lived in a place where using my antenna, I could get channel 3.

Currently won't work.

I have Roku and internet. I just did an antenna web search and I can get 6 channels starting with channel 9 using Clear TV.

Thoughts and solutions would be appreciated.

 

[highfigh]

Trying to get an old VCR working. It worked Previously as I lived in a place where using my antenna, I could get channel 3.

Currently won't work.

I have Roku and internet. I just did an antenna web search and I can get 6 channels starting with channel 9 using Clear TV.

Thoughts and solutions would be appreciated.

Where do you live? VCRs have an analog tuner and no analog stations are being broadcast at this time. The FCC carved up the RF spectrum and auctioned the spectrum off so they could sell much narrower bands to be used for digital applications, like Digital TV, Cell Phones, etc. Each analog TV and radio station has extremely wide bandwidth. Find a way to watch TV stations using the ROKU. I haven't seen a decent digital to analog converter or digital TV tuner in a long time. Then again, I haven't looked.

 

[coachmaria]

I had to buy a converter for my old system so get it working.

Why answer a question telling me not to use the VCR when that was not what I asked? What sort of help is that? (no help)

 

[TLS Guy]

I had to buy a converter for my old system so get it working.

Why answer a question telling me not to use the VCR when that was not what I asked? What sort of help is that? (no help)

The problem is that we are long past the analog sunset. The only way you could use that VCR is to play tapes connected to a TV or other device such an AVR that has analog inputs. They are not around any more. There is no way that old VCR is going to be any use as a TV tuner. You can get as "shirty" as you want, but it won't get your VCR to do what you want. Move on or sit in the dark.

There are NO converters, the HDCP codes and legislation ended that. Copyright protection has put an end to that, so there is forcing of HDMI.

 

[TLS Guy]

I had to buy a converter for my old system so get it working.

Why answer a question telling me not to use the VCR when that was not what I asked? What sort of help is that? (no help)

I find there are still digital to analog TV converters still available. Results seem variable.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Dear OP:
Several issues: a) You said or implied you've moved to a new place. That is most likely the biggest culprit in the change of TV channel receptions. You've mentioned antennaweb, but to be clear this site: https://www.antennaweb.org/ can somewhat reasonably predict TV channel reception, but besides TV channel direction it also mentions a type of Antenna required.
As for your VCR - I can't tell you anything useful, except if you want to get most channels in best quality you'd need at very least ASTC 3.0 tuner like TLS Guy linked above or similar.
or this one: https://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-Flex-ATSC-Tuners/dp/B092KM482V?ref_=ast_sto_dp
Specifically mentioned compatible with Roku

 

[Mikado463]

I had to buy a converter for my old system so get it working.

Why answer a question telling me not to use the VCR when that was not what I asked? What sort of help is that? (no help)

Hey kid, look at your first post, there wasn't a question mark to be found ! You stated 'thoughts & solutions' and that's what you got, next ...........