Re: HDTV switch

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 8, 12:38 pm, winston19842005 <bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>
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> On 2/7/09 11:15 PM, in article
> 98ae3b7e-666d-4c7f-903c-97c99d0dc...@v42g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "Eric
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> Rucker" <bhtoo...@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!
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> >>>> Horror of horrors, I will need a switchbox of some kind!
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> >>>> Is this progress?
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> 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.
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> >> 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...
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> > Just to make things clear, what inputs are you using for the converter
> > box and the DVD player?
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> > And, as for a TV with no video inputs... my mom has a Toshiba 19" TV
> > with only coax in, made in 2004, IIRC. ;)
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> This Magnavox convert has coax in/out and rca out.
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> 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.
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> 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...

Wait, there is another way to do this.

TV <- VCR/DVD <- Converter box <- Antenna

Which is the way you have to do it to record from the converter box
anyway. This only works if the VCR/DVD has either coax or RCA in, of
course, but most VCR/DVD combos have both (and most can output DVD on
coax, although there are some that can't,) and all VCRs have at least
coax in.