Subj : They don't make TVs like
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Feb 13 2026 10:10 am

> MP>I have a couple of older CRT TVs here that both worked the last time I
>   >turned them on.  One is from 1994, the other is older than that (not sure
>   >how old, but pre-1990)... it is not even "cable-ready."  ;)

> Yes, I needed special adaptors on my last set. This one was pretty
> advanced at the time with multiple sets of RCA jacks as well as the
> cable connector, and an S-Video port.

For the oldest one, I had an adaptor that hooked a cable jack up to the two
screws that the VHF antenna connected to. ;)  The other one had a cable
port and the Red-White-Yellow RCA connectors.

> It won't take HDMI cables, but those can be adapted to RCA Jacks.

Luckily never had to go that route, i.e. plugging in an HDMI cable.  When the
digital changeover started, I did have to get a converter box for them and
plug it into the c1994 set with the RCA jacks instead of the coax.

Offhand, I cannot remember how I hooked the older one up as it didn't have
any jacks, RCA or coax.  I might have ran that one through an old VCR that
had a coax in and out... I could hook it the converter to the VCR using the
RCAs and then to the VHF adaptor using the OUT coax.

Mike

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