[Coco] Composite Video

[Christopher Smith]

----- Original Message -----
> From: billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:47:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Composite Video
> 
> > Did you try the RF ? Serious, take a rca to F connector and use a
> > cable
> > coax tv and plug it into the antenna/cable in of any TV. Check if
> > there is
> > signal on channel 3 or 4.
> 
> Not sure I have anything that can do analog TV anymore.  I guess
> that was one facet of the forced changeover the government failed
> to take into account.  :-)

You might be surprised.  I was.  I have one of these:

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/7-digital-prism-atsc-710-portable-handheld-widescreen-lcd-digital-hdtv/216823149.html?listingId=264793366

Sometimes (rarely) they're advertised as "ATSC/NTSC," whatever that may actually mean, but most often just ATSC.  Paid $30 for mine on clearance somewhere more than a year ago.  I wouldn't use it as a primary display, but every CoCo I've plugged into it -- that is, two CoCo 1 systems and a Coco 3 on both composite and RF modulated signals -- has been happy.

If it will work on a cheap 7" no-name box, I suspect it will work many other places too.

Chris

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Christopher Smith
Systems Engineer, Wolfram Research