Noticed this colour TV tuner for sale on ebay.
'conveniently' located at Midhurst, so that means a nice strong signal :-)
What would you use this for now analogue TV is extinct ?
Aug 13, 2021
Last reply: 4 years ago
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Made in Germany. Must have been a pricy bit of kit in the
1980's
Is it not for other AV sources as well as tuners?
Might be handy for interfacing devices that only had an RF modulated output...
There are a lot of old 1980 home computers around with analogue modulators still running including spectrums and all the more rare ones like the Enterprise, the Sam Coupe, the Sord M5 the Newbrain, the memotech 512 etc etc. Brian
and the BBC Micro that I have in the loft. Mind you I convertted my small tv to RGB in as soon as I could; 80 column text didn't go well with a modulator.
Don't most modern TVs still have analogue tuners for worldwide compatibility?
I cant see why they would bother. Added expense to no benefit
Probably because the capability is bundled into the decoder chip set, and comes at no extra cost, plus there are people still using Sky Magic eye, or RF CCTV systems etc so it still has limited application.
Max Demian formulated on Saturday :
Yes!
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