Re: Commodore 1702 & 1084 (color composite monitors)....as TV?

["Rob" <robert@NOSPAM.inreach.com>]

Alot of cable boxes and descramblers do have A/V outputs.  You can use
those.  They also do make stand alone TV tuners for some high-end TV
monitors but given the cost it is actually so much cheaper to just continue
doing what you've been doing and use a VCR.

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> Hello,
>
> I currently have my Commodore 1702 composite monitor (sometimes I have my
> 1084 monitor hooked up instead) hooked up to my Sony VCR through the A/V
> inputs of the monitor. In turn, I have my cable connection in my apartment
> hooked up to the VCR, and this is how I watch television, on these
> Commodore monitors.
>
> I was just wondering.....are there any devices out there currently, aside
> from the VCR's built in TV tuner, which could be used instead to watch TV
> on either of these Commodore monitors which I own? I belive Radio Shack
> sells a "cable converter" box, does this thing have A/V outputs (I assume
> it would handle VHF/UHF/Cable)?
>
> Any other brands or suggestions?
>
> I'm interested in primarily taking the VHF/UHF/CATV coaxial input signal,
> and then through the use of a "TV tuner box", outputting the TV signal
> through composite video and RCA audio (left & right/stereo) and into my
> color composite monitors.
>
> Perhaps a strange question to ask, as I am already accomplishing this
> through my Sony VCR, but I'm just curious as to any alternatives out there
> that are currently available.
>
> thanks for any advice/help you can give me,
> best regards!