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:
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...
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...