AZ Nomad wrote:
> On 23 Sep 2007 17:07:37 GMT, David E. Bath <davidbath1@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>
>> In article <slrnffaih1.23f.aznomad.2@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>,
>> AZ Nomad <aznomad.2@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> writes:
>>> On 22 Sep 2007 16:15:11 GMT, David E. Bath <davidbath1@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> In article <1190415718.727488.257700@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups. com>,
>>>> davidhastin@gmail.com writes:
>>>>> I want to setup my Philips VCR/DVD Player combo Model#DVP3340V/17
>>>>> The Combo Player has no Attenna Connections.
>>>>> I Have Comcast Digital Cable Coming in
>>>>> The TV is an 1993 RCA ColorTrak Stereo Monitor with a unknown Serial
>>>>> Number
>>>>> Do I need a new TV
>>>>> All I want is to see picture from the Cable box on tv tv and watch
>>>>> videos and DVDs
>>>>> IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT COULD TRY TO HELP ME OUT?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Hastingsd
>>>> If your TV does not have A/V inputs, but only cable TV coax, then you
>>>> need to go to Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. and get an RF Modulator.
>>> It won't help with DVDs. A TV old enough to not to have any video
>>> inputs won't tolerate the macrovision crap spewed by a DVD player.
>>>
>>> It's time to collect $50 and get a less ancient TV.
>
>> Well it has worked just fine for at least 5 different TVs that friends
>> and family have.
>
> Most people notice the picture getting a bit darker then lighter every 20
> seconds.
>
> You're lucky if you don't notice it.
I've never seen Macro Vision mess up a direct-connected TV picture.
Why would it?
There's Macro Vision detection circuitry in VCRs to prevent duplication
that can scramble the tv image, but only when the source machine is
passed through a VCR on its way to the tv.
No [old school] tv I've ever seen has, or is susceptible, to it.
A newer tv with a/v out is a different story.
-Gandalf