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LCD HDTV does not have analog coaxial connector | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 21:28 | ||
| hi i have an olevia 32" lcd tv, its about 2 years old and when i first bought it it did not come with a antenna connector or tuner. the connector so i can connect my dish network into. I got a dvd recorder with a tuner in it so can be able to connect my dish network cable in, the analog coaxial cable i believe its called. but the dvd player just died on me so i am looking for an alternative route to getting my dish network connected. i have done some googling but it's hard to find anything because olevia has gone out of business and there isn't much out on the tv. can't seem to find a dvd player also with the tuner that's needed, any suggestions | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Oct 15 21:31 | ||
| Can't you just run composite or s-video? I haven't seen a TV without at least composite input in many many years. Picture quality will usually be best with s-video. Both are better than RF via coax. | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 21:38 | ||
| no because i have a dual receiever dish network box, my tv is upstairs and the box is downstairs they ran a coax cable from the box upstairs to my room. its one box sending two signals to two tvs basically. | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Oct 15 21:49 | ||
| I too don't understand the problem. What is the Dish tuner and how many do you have? That model number for Olivia?
Can't play a DVD? What is the DVD player connected to? | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 21:55 | ||
| the model of the olevia is 327-s12 and it does not have a tuner, so i cannot connect my dish network coax cable directly to it. I had a dvd recorder that had a tuner in it, an input that i can plug the coax cable into. the cable comes from the dish network receiver downstairs. I'm not having a problem watching dvd, its being able to watch my dish network is the issue because i have no way of connecting the receiver via cable to my tv. | ||
| guns1inger posted 2009 Oct 15 21:57 | ||
| My reading of the problem
Disc Box downstairs, TV upstairs. Cable running from downstairs to upstairs is standard RF Coax. TV does not have RF input. (My reading - TV is not a TV, just a monitor - no tuner of it's own at all) OP was using a DVD recorder as the bridge between RF in and TV. DVD recorder is now dead. OP is looking for a simple way to get RF coax into a TV/Monitor that has no RF in. | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 22:02 | ||
| thanks guns1inger, exactly what you said is the problem | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Oct 15 22:16 | ||
| You could use an old VCR (the tape mechanism doesn't have to be working) with a tuner and composite outputs (virtually all VCRs have these). That's a big, clunky solution though. | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Oct 15 22:16 | ||
| Name any TV that directly tunes Dish? Some Dish tuners output a channel 3/4 RF so the TV sees what is being watched. What are you asking? | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 22:17 | ||
| edDV, guns1inger explained my situation exactly. | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Oct 15 22:18 | ||
He needs a tuner to connect to his tunerless TV. | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Oct 15 22:21 | ||
If that is it, you need another intermediate box to replace the DVD tuner. | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 22:22 | ||
| yep, i am having trouble in finding one. any suggestions would be deeply appreciated. | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Oct 15 22:39 | ||
| Did you see my post about using and old VCR? | ||
| phamily06 posted 2009 Oct 15 23:24 | ||
| is that the only option? i have been looking for a vcr but most of them are pretty darn expensive. but if its the only way then i will have to suck it up and buy it, just trying to look for as many alternatives as possible | ||
| guns1inger posted 2009 Oct 16 02:53 | ||
| Just by a secondhand one from ebay or craig's list or similar | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Oct 16 07:19 | ||
| An S-VHS VCR or DVD recorder with comb filter decoder and S-Video out will give the best NTSC decoded picture on your LCD monitor. | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Oct 16 07:53 | ||
| If your TV has a VGA input you can use this:
http://www.amazon.com/External-Standalone-LCD-TV-Tuner/dp/B000XY6N5Y/ http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-TV-LCDHR-Resolution-1680x1050-Proje ... 0011NM17K/ You might be able to find something like it with composite or s-video outputs. Or forget the cable in the wall and go wireless: http://www.amazon.com/Terk-Technologies-Leapfrog-LF-30S-Distribut ... 00009UHXR/ |
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