I've connected it a number of different waye. The best I can get is sound and a pattern of bright color. That for lack of a better term look somewhat pixlated, but not a clear picture. I believe it's the digital signal. Ken

I have a dishnetwork 625 dvr that i am trying to record from to a Phillips DVDR72/17. Wife is out of town for awhile and I need to send her shows to her. The DVDR is a friends but he has not used it in a while. I can not get the DVDR so see the signal. I was wondering if the switch to digital...