Comments on: Ways to save money on your DVD player https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-740 Sat, 09 Aug 2003 04:43:50 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-740 thank you so much!
i bought the rf converter i was told i would need, and there was this horrific static, hissing, grating noise coming in and out over every dvd i watched. it was unbearable. i thought maybe my old tv was to blame, but i’m poor, so i used google and found this little essay. thanks to you, i’ve got an integrated ancient tv, vcr, and dvd player. you saved me so much time, trouble, money, and heartache.

(i was also told all about how connecting a dvd player through a vcr won’t work. pablum.)

the rf modulator is on its way back to the store. hooray! everybody, listen to this guy!

thank you!

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-743 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:39:09 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-743 I have a DVD, VHS and TV to connect.

I have an old TV with an RF cable. I brought a used APEX 1100w and upgraded the firmware. But have been unable to test it since I cannot figured out how to record.

I have the DVD plugged into the VCR ( old Magnavox) using RCA cables (the extra audio cable is left dangling) and the TV antennae and the TV RF cable is also plugged in the back of VCR. I can play the TV and the VCR but when I try to play the DVD and record on the VCR, I get sound band a blue screen.

I have also tried hooking up the DVD and the VHS to an Jensen 3 input modulator. I can view DVD and VHS but I cannot record TV shows on the VHS and I have tried to record a personal DVD for my family on VHS tapes and was unable.

Anyone who can help it would be greatly appreciated. I have been struggling with this for weeks.

Thanks. Mammie

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-742 Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:46:55 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-742 Ellen, if you’ve got RCA “in” inputs on your cable box and coax “out”, you *may* be OK if the box has a modulator built-in. Your VCR is a more sure bet. In either case, you’ll have a degraded signal because of the modulation, but you’ll still get something better than open-air broadcasts or (usually highly-compressed) digital cable.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-741 Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:55:48 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-741 Can you connect a DVD player through a cable box? My cable box has audio/video input.

My other problem is that my DVD directions say to use the input selector (I guess to get Line 1 or Line 2). My old TV can’t do that. My VCR can. Not sure about the cable box. Any advice here? Or would an RF modulator take care of that?

Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-746 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:36:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-746 We’re still waiting for every company on earth to be DVD compatible…then we can put some real business content on disc, instead of PDF files and Quick Time movies on CD-ROM’s. Once that happens, you’ll never see another VHS training tape in the conference room or another thick and boring brochure sent to a prospect. DVD technology will revolutionize the way we do business and will revitalize what has been a dying electronic media production market in St. Louis and throughout the United States.

Mark my word, by 2005…a very big chunk of business communications will be distributed on DVD…until then, please recommend a DVD upgrade for all of your company’s computers. It makes training and marketing much more interactive, interesting and effective. And, It will also put a lot of very talented people back to work.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-745 Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:56:33 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-745 Sounds like copy protection’s getting you. Do a Web search and see if you can disable Macrovision. Or take the DVD player back and get a cheap Apex unit, which will either have it disabled or be easy to disable.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-744 Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:47:01 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-744 I have an old pan. tv with built in vcr. Any dvd player I plug in rca or ruf the picture fades light then to dark over and over and over. 90% of dvds do that to my tv. I have tried 3 players. All the same. Do you know why?

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-749 Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:09:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-749 Computer Power User — Killer Hardware Tips: Add Storage to Your DVD Player
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]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-748 Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:27:20 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-748 You can pick up a coax adapter at Radio Shack. I’d completely forgotten about those. They’re pretty cheap. You can put one of those between the TV and the VCR and another one between the VCR and the antenna.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/ways-to-save-money-on-your-dvd-player/#comment-747 Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:01:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=231#comment-747 I’ve got an old cabinet style TV that IS sitting in a shag-carpeted living room. Rust colored shag.

I was hoping your article would help me with my VCR dilemna, but no such luck. This TV is about 20 years old and has no Coaxial input… just that little two prong thingy that many older TV’s use for the antenna.

I know I need to connect my VCR there, but have no idea how. Also, how do I connect the existing antenna to the VCR?

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