Re: HDTV switch

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Feb 7, 10:36 pm, Alex Freed <alex_n...@mirrow.com> wrote:
> winston19842...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > I noted, with some horror, that with the converter box connected to
> > our TV, that it would not "pass-through" the signal from our DVD
> > player!
>
> > Horror of horrors, I will need a switchbox of some kind!
>
> > Is this progress?
>
> Are you telling us that your TV doesn't have a "baseband" video
> input and you use a modulator to connect the DVD? Or that your
> TV has exactly one video input and you need to switch between the
> converter and the DVD?
> I've never seen a converter box but I'm willing to bet it has a
> "channel 3" RF output to be compatible with ALL old TVs.
>
> If you are using RF to connect the DVD then you don't mind much
> reduced quality. Tune it to a different channel and use your TV
> remote to switch. But I have not seen a TV with no video inputs
> made in the last 20 years.
>

No, the converter box to tv is fine. The converter box will not pass
through the signal from a VCR or DVD device.
Perhaps if it was an HD DVD, but you get nothing even with the box
turned off...