Re: HDTV switch

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 2/7/09 11:15 PM, in article
98ae3b7e-666d-4c7f-903c-97c99d0dcd41@v42g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "Eric
Rucker" <bhtooefr@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 7, 10:50�pm, "winston19842...@yahoo.com"
> <winston19842...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 7, 10:36�pm, Alex Freed <alex_n...@mirrow.com> wrote:
>> 
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>>> winston19842...@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>> 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...
> 
> Just to make things clear, what inputs are you using for the converter
> box and the DVD player?
> 
> And, as for a TV with no video inputs... my mom has a Toshiba 19" TV
> with only coax in, made in 2004, IIRC. ;)

This Magnavox convert has coax in/out and rca out.

It just seemed "normal" to me to allow me to connect antenna to VCR/DVD,
then VCR/DVD via coax to the box, and the box have either a button to switch
from one mode to another (like the TV/VCR button on most VCRs). Or at least
pass-through an unconverted signal when the box is powered off.

It is merely an annoyance and a comment on what I think is a lack of
feature, as I only picked one up to play with...