Best way to record HDTV into XH-A1?

[Canon GL-2 Guy]

Happy Holidays Gents,

For the 1st time I've decided to and been put into a position to hopefully record Christmas TV specials to tape on the A1 at high quality . My TV is nothing fancy but hopefully adequate equipped as it's a 32" Sony Bravia.

Sorry for my ignorance and perhaps before all of this is through I will need to buy some additional connectors and cables to get the optimal signal flow into the A1 to the extent achievable.

I know how to project an image to an to HDTV easily enough, it's the set-up to record a signal from HDTV direct to tape that I need suggestions for please.

Would at least one of you be willing to walk me through it and if there are multiple solutions my ears are certainly wide open. Any of you Sony Bravia owners?

I do not have a tv capture card or a TIVO.

Thanks so much.

[aedipuss]

don't think you can. the cam accepts DV, HDV and SD composite for input video afaik. check the manual to verify.

[edDV]

The XH-A1 does not record HD video from a TV or any other device.

Methods to capture HD include

1. ATSC tuner card for PC or Mac
2. MPeg2-TS capture off cable box IEEE-1394 port
3. Record off stand alone ATSC tuner with HD capture device.

Most HDTV sets lack video output connectors and those that do only output SD.