I'm Pissed Off

They will work the same way as they do now with cable. A simple 75ohm antenna to coax adapter.

It would not be at all difficult to hook up a VCR or DVD player to it. Many shows from the dawn of the television age are available on tape and disc.

Those old tube sets were prone to cracked solder joints due to the wide temperature swings generated by the tubes heating and cooling. Paper caps also dry out over time.

Will it get channel 83?

Can't use an RF modulator?

Is this useful for anything? Maybe those baseband inputs you need.

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Use an external tuner, moron.

i don't know what's worse, spammers or pricks like you?

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Alvin,

If you like TV, get yourself infront of an HD TV that picks up HD over the air. you'll stop compaining in a hearbeat. the quality difference between tv and HDTV is amazing! I'm glad the switch is on, and I wish that the Canadian Gov was moving in the same direction. your old TV will still work in range of Canadian TV stations, they are not switching yet.

Hey, you hooked a bunch of people with your troll! (God, I hope it was a troll...)

It helps if you have the correct information, rather than going on what you think you know. You will be able to hook up the digital-to-analogue converter to an existing analogue tv by a number of options. One option is to use an antenna adaptor connected to the old fashioned antenna flat-wire connector.

You can always use the TV for playing VCR tapes or DVDs. The hi-def screens are so much better than CRTs. That's progress. I'm sure you can recycle the cabinet and use it for a piece of furniture.

Is this the console that was blonde in color. It had double doors in the front that were bent. The speaker was downward mounted on the bottom right. The FM dial was vertical on the left with the record player, TV on the right.

You didn't have one of these, did you?

I just noticed the Link, Duh..... Not the same. Your console is older.

As you said: "Who uses records anymore?"

Well, who uses black-and-white TV?

Donate the thing to the Smithsonian and take a tax deduction.

Yes, it's better. I can look at a HD picture and it's perfectly steady, unlike NTSC which is always wiggling around like you're drunk. Also, the color is much better.

BTW, one of the first things I saw in HD was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (the first movie). It has some really nice outdoor scenes.

With no indication of WHO you're talking about. Maybe you just don't like people...

And maybe you are a moron.

Nope

If you missed this link in my original post, heres a picture of one. I like this website, it's got pics and info for almost every tv ever made.

That small round picture was actually quite clear for it's age. This was a well made set.

Actually I have lots of records, but I wont play them on this old player because the needle was heavy and hard on them. I still play records at times but use a modern player with light stylus.

Since all I watch are old westerns and other older stuff, much if not most of its in B&W anyhow. It's just that I now watch on a dvd or vcr.

The younger generation seems to think anything old is junk, however being old myself, I appreciate the stuff, and it was quality made too. Thats why this old set can still be usable with a few repairs after 60 years. You wont find any of todays stuff still working in 60 years.

Our younger generation seems to think everything needs to be replaced every 2 to 5 years, and that's exactly what the manufacturers want. But I'll leave all the debt to them, and many of them will never get out of debt. Myself, everything is paid for except my last phone bill.which I forgot to pay last week. I appreciate this old tv which I watched as a child, as well as I still use my 8 year old computer with Win98. I dont need to keep up with the Jonses to prove anything to anyone.

Some of us want to move ahead. Just like computers, indoor plumbing and central heat.

When that TV came on the market, some idiot probably complained it was going to ruin radio and progress should be stopped. Bring back vaudeville!

I love my HDTV

I have all of the above (plus a wood furnace) !!!!! And I was one of the first people to have a computer back when they were all run on Dos. I like the computer but I dont need to upgrade every year. My win98 works fine and is far less trouble than any newer OS. Actually this computer came with Win2K installed but I hated it so I downgraded to what I liked.

I wish they would bring back vaudeville, its better than most of the garbage they call tv and movies today. I remember when tv had humor unlike today when we have all these "reality" shows that mostly suck. Soap Operas that are not worth the electricity to run the tv, Violence, more violence, and even most of the so called comedians these days are not funny at all. The Craig Ferguson is one prime example. After watching about 10 of his shows, I have never laughed yet, not even one small chuckle. I stopped watching him after that. It's no wonder we have so many problems in society. Give me the good old days when people were free and happy, and cared more for each other than trying to impress others with what they own.

Great, now tell me how many years will you be in debt for it, and what high interest you have to pay? I like my $89 - 20" flat screen crt color tv that I bought about 2 years ago and is all I need. Of course in a little over a year it will go blank. We dont get cable here in the rural areas. But I still have my dvd and vcr. Mostly just the news and weather I will miss. Of course if I find one of them converters for $20 or less, I may get one. Of course one means I will have to keep moving it from set to set, and the vcr tuner still wont work without yet another converter.