[Coco] Composite Video

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 15 August 2013 02:18:09 Kip Koon did opine:

> Bill,
> If you have a dead Coco 3 that you don't want, I'd like to have it for
> experimentation.  Please let me know what you find.  Thank you in
> advance. Kip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On Behalf Of billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:47 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> 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.  :-)
> 
> bill
> 
Every digital tv I have, works just fine watching a very weak signal from a 
10 watt translator on UFH channel 22, 17 air miles away in Clarksburg that 
the commission allowed us to keep on the air, broadcasting in NTSC for the 
few remaining folks in Clarksburg that haven't replaced their old tv's yet.  
I've grown accustomed to the hidef sharper image, so this looks a bit 
fuzzy, and even has genuine snow from the weak signal.  That was originally 
mandated that they work for exactly that reason, and I don't recall reading 
where the requirement that they still work on an NTSC signal has been 
sunsetted.

So, fed RF from the coco, it probably will.  Also I have yet, 2 or 3 dvd 
players that output in NTSC composite, and we can still play the old disc's 
just fine.  One newer one I have hooked up both as composite and HDMI to 
the 42" in Dee's room.  The HDMI picture is noticeably better, but I don't 
know as Dee's eyes know the difference.

Cheers, Gene
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