Remote control to turn on cable box, select a channel, then vcr by timer?
- From: Dan <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:16:50 -0700
Recently moved & have a new cable company (comcast). My previous cable company (wideopenwest) had a cable box with an in-box program menu where you would select a future program to record. When the program's running time came, the cable box would turn on, go to that channel, then a "vcr commander" infrared transmitter you placed in front of your vcr would turn on the vcr, tape for the alloted program time, then the box & vcr would be shut off. Comcast prefers to sell you its $10/mo "digital vcr", which works like "On Demand". I'm wondering if anyone makes a remote control which would replicate the behavior of the WOW cable box, one with a timer, such that you could tell it to 1) turn on the cable box at a specific time 2) set the cable box to a specific channel 3) turn on the vcr & tape for a designated period, then 4) shut the 2 units down. I've seen ads for a remote for those who can't program their vcr's, basically you tell the remote to turn the vcr on, point it at the vcr, and it turns the machine on/selects a channel at the preset time. Did some searching, can't find one that does the added step of turning on the cable box (probably obvious to most but this is required since in my case more than 1/2 my available channels only come in via the cable box). Anyone know of such a thing?
TIA
Dan
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