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DVR connection to D-VCR

Sorry for the naivete of this question, but I am trying to figure out how to connect a Sony DVR (component out--no coaxial cable out) to a high defintion VCR that has only a coaxial input or one that has a firewire input with component outputs. The idea is to be able to archive high definition recordings from the the DVR to the VCR. I'm stumped? and the web has not helped much... It does not sound like an RF modulator would work as this would not be high definition. Shoots maybe the D-VCR cannot even decode the high def digital signal? (One of the D-VCRs is the Mitsubishi and the other is the JVC)
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bugkav OP
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Thanks Unsound.
The Mit is the HS-HD2000U and the JVC is the HM DH30000U.
The Mitsubishi takes firewire in and the JVC only has a coaxial cable in, while the Sony 250 Gig DVR only has component out. Is there some kind of converter/adaptor/switcher that takes multiple inputs (coaxial cable, component, firewire, USB, HDMI) and has mutiple outputs (coaxial cable, component, firewire, USB, HDMI) "A multi-language/protocol interconverter"? I have the Denon 4306 AVR--but it does not allow for that kind of relationship...
bugkav OP
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Thanks again Unsound.
I found this on the LST-3410A which would have been helpful before I bought the Sony DVR: Live and spend and learn

Fun with FireWire
The LST-3410A features two four-pin FireWire ports, to which you can connect a D-VHS player or a few compatible camcorders. After I connected the LG box to the JVC-HM30000U and pressed the remote's 1394 button, I could watch and control the JVC's signals through the LST-3410A without having to switch any connections or find other remotes. The quality of D-VHS signals didn't appear to diminish when passed through the LST-3410A. The shuttle launch at the start of Digital Video Essentials looked absolutely stunning.

Through that FireWire connection, you can transfer content from a D-VHS tape to the LST-3410A's hard drive, provided that content is not copy-protected. I was able to transfer PBS HD demo footage from a D-VHS tape to the hard drive, but not a segment from the Digital Video Essentials tape. Perhaps the best feature of all, though, is the ability to archive HD recordings from the hard drive to D-VHS for permanent storage; not only is this a rare and much-desired ability in an HD device right now, but it couldn't be easier to do than it is with the LST-3410A
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