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Thread Number: 79310
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1956 General Electric Television |
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Post# 1032385 , Reply# 1 5/11/2019 at 11:42 (1,810 days old) by RP2813  (Sannazay) |
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 That's a nice looking set. It's easily adapted to digital via set-top box. I have one hooked up to my 1950 Admiral TV, and for a while had a '90s Magnavox hooked up to one as well. Both receive(d) over-the-air signals via their digital tuning boxes. You can find them on craigslist for cheap, and I believe all have remote controls.
Don't quote me on this, but with cable or satellite, you may not even need a STB. For a short time after I got cable, the Admiral was hooked up to that system and I don't think it required the STB. IIRC, just tuning to channel 3 on its original tuner was enough. | ||
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Post# 1032386 , Reply# 2 5/11/2019 at 14:28 (1,810 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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If you're just going to use a dvd player to watch shows on a vintage tv you'll need to buy an RF-Modulator. You connect the DVD player's RCA cables (red/white/yellow) to the RF-Modulator inputs and the output of RF-Modulator is the old fashioned two wire antenna screws connectors or a co-axial cable connect which can easily be converted to the two screw connector format which you connect to the antenna inputs on the back of the TV.
If you're looking to watch broadcast TV, you'll need a digital signal converted and the RF-Modulator. | ||
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Post# 1032467 , Reply# 4 5/12/2019 at 13:01 (1,809 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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That is exactly the type of twin lead-to-coax adapter I use on the back of my Admiral to connect it to the STB.
I use the inverse type of adapter with female coax fitting and two screws for the twin lead to connect the old school UHF bowtie to the STB digital tuner. Modern sets of rabbit ears use a coax cable, which eliminates the need for the inverse adapter. | ||
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