Yes, they still make DVD/VCR combo players. I have a lot of tapes so my wife bought me one. We have Direct TV and the old DVD I have has an antenna in and out for the screw on cables. That's all I used because I didn't record. But the new one doesn't have that antenna connection, just various slide on plugs only. One of these combinations must make this work but even reading the instructions we haven't made it happen. I had the Direct TV cables go to the VCR, then out to the TV and knew it would work, but it didn't. My wife thinks that was probably correct but we should have pushed a certain button on our TV remote, too.
Convoluted, I know. But there's always someone on here who can tackle any problem it seems. Thanks for reading this.