I have an old VCR W-528. Is it digital? Can it be used with an HD TV with or without a converter box?

you cant make a video from a vcr change into high definition,you can only hook up to tv,no up convert for vcr

The only way to get your cable company's digital cable into the VCR is to provide a separate cable TV converter box for it.

This will be "an additional outlet" as far as the cable company is concerned - which means you'll pay extra for it. The other problem will be that you will have to locate the VCR cable converter away from the one used to send a program to the TV. This is because there is a very good chance that when you aim the remote to change the channel on the TV's cable converter - it will also try to change the VCR cable converter box.

If however, you have HD service on your TV you should not get an HD box for the VCR - unless there are stations that only exist on the HD converter box. This is because your VCR (like all the others in the world) are only capable of recording the old, analog "SD" or standard definition video signals. If you decide to go the route of an HD and an SD converter setup, you may not have a problem with one remote controlling both converters. Ask the installer (or test yourself) before setting it all up and merely assuming it will work as you expect.

If you end up with two identical converter boxes, you're going to need to either separate them so that the remote will not operate both at the same time. If this isn't doable, you might consider placing electrical tape or similar to block the remote signals from reaching the the VCR converter, and use the channel up / down controls on the converter box itself to tune instead. Since the VCR will only record what is sent to it - you'll have to make sure the converter box is not only on, but tuned to the correct channel before each time you want to record something. This brings up the last caveat, you'll need to set your VCR channel to match the output of the converter box (usually ch 3 or ch 4) and record only that channel. You could simply connect the converter audio and video output to the VCR's audio and video input instead. If you do this, make sure the VCR is programmed to record only the audio and video input ("A / V") instead of a channel.

This can sound a little complex - and it is to some people, but with a little work and some time, you'll be able to do this fairly easily. I wish there was an easier way to do this - but not yet with cable companies so far. The satellite providers are ahead on this with "multi-room viewing" service. Something to think about the next time your cable company announces a rate hike.

I hope this was helpful and good luck!

As far as I can tell your TV is just a monitor. You would have to buy a separate tuner. I had the same problem with mine and found it was cheaper just to use an old VCR. I hooked up the coax wire up to the VCR and hooked the VCR to my TV with composite cables and changed my channel through the VCR. That will only work now if you're using cable because of the switch to digital. If you're using an antenna you will need a digital tuner.

The connections stay the same, but you may need to rescan your converter box: http://www.ezdigitaltv.com/Rescanning.html

You will need a converter to record onto a VCR. I can't remember the when the FCC require VCR to have digital, but I know yours old enough it has an analog tuner. Take your antenna connection to the in on the converter box, then you can take the out from the converter box to the in on the vcr and finally take the out to tv to the tv. To record you have to have the vcr on 3 or 4 and use the converter box to do the channel changing.

Another way would be take the in to the converter and use RCA cables to the line in on the vcr, and line out to the to the tv. This will give you stereo sound.

I think you may need an RF Modulator. This device will have connections for the DVD and TV and will have a channel 3/4 switch. Good luck to you.

HOOK THEM UP SEPARTLY,,,DVD COMBO WITH RCA JACKS

You must have a converter box for the tv and for the vcr. Set the vcr to receive chanel 3 and set the converter box to the digital chanel you want to record. Put a splitter on the antenae out and route one to the tv converter box and one to the vcr converter box. GOOD TO GO.

You should be able to accomplish this. Run the antenna to your converter box. Run the video and audio outputs of the digital converter box to the inputs on your vcr. Your vcr should then be able to record the program (select line-in as the channel when setting up the recording). Hook your vcr audio and video output to your tv.
It's best to use a converter box that has an event timer - this allows the converter box to turn on at a specified time and channel. Otherwise you will need to manually set the channel you wish to record on the converterbox, and leave it turned on.

your model is "tuner free" that means it does not have the RF screw in connector. Buy one that has a tuner, preferably both ATSC(USA digital) and NTSC(USA analog)