How can I record a show on Comcast?

Is there a way to record a TV show with comcast cable?

• I really want to watch the new Paris Hilton's my new BFF tonight, because the on demand ones come out a week later, but it's on at 10:00 and I have to get up early in the mornings. Is there a way to record it?

• Answer:

  It depends a little on which Comcast package you have and what equipment configuration you are using. For example, if you have the analog Expanded Basic package and your cable wall jack is connected directly to your TV's antenna input jack, all you have to do is connect a plain ol' VCR in that antenna line in the usual manner, and set it up to record the desired channel and time. If you have a cable box with various outputs, you can do the same thing: connect the VCR antenna input to the coaxial antenna output on the cable box, connect the VCR output to your TV in the normal manner, and set the tuner in the VCR to match the output channel of your cable box (typically 3 or 4). Then, set your cable box to the desired cable channel and leave it there until the recording is finished.