How to connect: television + decoder + recording player

Hello,
You are not alone in facing this kind of issue and here is what I usually suggest on this forum.
Solution 1, the best and least expensive one :-Most current HD TNT receivers have a "PVR" = Personal Video Recorder (in French = Magnétoscope Numérique), they record on external hard drives in HD, they can of course be programmed in advance, convenient, no more tapes or DVDs to handle and you can thus record one channel while watching another on the TV if it is HD, otherwise a double tuner adapter
You can always use your DVD recorder for playback
Solution 2 not great: add an HD receiver to your current recorder which will record via the SCART an HD signal degraded to SD, plus you will have to program both devices.
-But it is possible provided that the HD TNT receiver has a SCART socket, and that the recorder is switched to it.
Connections:
For the antenna, whichever solution:
Antenna input on the HD TNT receiver, then return to the TV with a coaxial cable (receiver output -> TV antenna input.)
Solution 1: HD TNT receiver via HDMI to the TV.
DVD recorder via HDMI if possible to the TV, otherwise SCART.
Solution 2:
The SCART output of the HD TNT receiver to the SCART input of the recorder (AV2 in principle) which will need to be switched to this input.
DVD recorder via HDMI to the TV if possible, otherwise SCART.
It may be necessary to configure the TNT receiver as some output via SCART or HDMI but not both.
Solution 3 : buy another recorder with HD tuner !!! but that's a bit much

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