Anybody else out of work due to the beer disease?

[Curious Hound]

Or sit down and start writing a letter that starts like this;

"Dear Santa,
I believe I've been a good boy this year. For Christmas, I would really like a new, modern TV that interacts easily with 21st century technology."

 

[fastpakr]

Rusty, I'm assuming you're pretty attached to the TV? Because every day they get a little cheaper to swap out. Worth considering if you're up for it.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Gut the old one, find an appropriate sized flatscreen (probably less than $100), install that in your old housing and you can keep the tv that goes with your orange shag carpet.

Most of the old tv's I have been around only have the antenna jack for input.

 

[RonD]

I still use my 32" JVC, its way too heavy to move, lol

 

[fastpakr]

I still use my 32" JVC, its way too heavy to move, lol

I'd believe that. I've moved a lot of older CRT's out over the last few years (one of my job responsibilities is TV's in dorms around campus). Usually they're heavy but manageable. A couple of years back I went to pick one up in a campus owned house and just about killed myself. Maybe 120 pounds? Big enough and awkward enough that I had to call in a second person to help me get it outside and loaded into a vehicle. No way I was waddling down the steps with it.

 

[Ranger850]

This is what @Dirtman would look like if he shaved his beard. Mutton chops are the worse.

 

[Ranger850]

You need an HDMI to Composite video/audio unit

Like these: https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/hdmi-to-composite-converters

It needs a power adapter as well, it may work with the HDMI voltage from the DTV receiver but don't count on it
It just uses a phone charger plug in with mini-usb


"they" sell cables that claim to do this, they DO NOT work

Your 1984 Sony should have the yellow/red/white inputs on the back, if not you can get a channel 3/4 modulator to use with the HDMI/Composite converter

These converters also work with any HDMI out unit, like apple TV or media players
And no its NOT in HD, lol
It down converts it to 480p, you can change the DTV receiver to 4:3 TV format for better viewing and lower the resolution as well

That's a long way to say " @rusty ol ranger , You need a NEW TV." After all the $$ he spends on adapters, to get a 1984 TV to work with 2020 tech, he could have bought a decent flat screen. Hell I got OLD flat screens I'm not even using because,

wait for it,...






They're too OLD.

 

[Dirtman]

I still have a 27" TV/VCR combo in my living room...

 

[Uncle Gump]

His TV is probably still carbureted...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I'd believe that. I've moved a lot of older CRT's out over the last few years (one of my job responsibilities is TV's in dorms around campus). Usually they're heavy but manageable. A couple of years back I went to pick one up in a campus owned house and just about killed myself. Maybe 120 pounds? Big enough and awkward enough that I had to call in a second person to help me get it outside and loaded into a vehicle. No way I was waddling down the steps with it.

I dragged my old 32" up my twisty windey farmhouse stairs to my hobby room.

And now a couple years later a 32" flatscreen that takes up much less room is like $120 and has a built in Roku.

So sometime I am going to have to drag the clunker down the twisty windey stairs are find a way to get rid of it...

 

[Blmpkn]

I dragged my old 32" up my twisty windey farmhouse stairs to my hobby room.

And now a couple years later a 32" flatscreen that takes up much less room is like $120 and has a built in Roku.

So sometime I am going to have to drag the clunker down the twisty windey stairs are find a way to get rid of it...

It would probably be easier to toss it out the window and just pick up the mess lol

 

[Uncle Gump]

At Walmart yesterday... I seen several people buying new flat screens. Along with clearing out the grocery store... they must be buying new TV's to watch when they say to shelter in place in the next few days.

I still think that order is going to come down from our governor by the weekend.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

You need an HDMI to Composite video/audio unit

Like these: https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/hdmi-to-composite-converters

It needs a power adapter as well, it may work with the HDMI voltage from the DTV receiver but don't count on it
It just uses a phone charger plug in with mini-usb


"they" sell cables that claim to do this, they DO NOT work

Your 1984 Sony should have the yellow/red/white inputs on the back, if not you can get a channel 3/4 modulator to use with the HDMI/Composite converter

These converters also work with any HDMI out unit, like apple TV or media players
And no its NOT in HD, lol
It down converts it to 480p, you can change the DTV receiver to 4:3 TV format for better viewing and lower the resolution as well

Mines actually got a coax hookup with a switcher that is screwed into the TV where rabbit ears go. Ill take pics later. It dont have any RCA cable hookups.

As to everyone else....its a TV ive had for years and its in the spare bedroom. The wife dont like it so we got a modern set for tbe living room.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

It would probably be easier to toss it out the window and just pick up the mess lol

Old farm house = small windows

 

[Curious Hound]

Old farm house = small windows

I have an old Porter Cable "sawzall" you can have for free. Outer jacket on the cord is bad. But it works. Makes little windows bigger.

Husqvarna and Stihl make good tools for that job, too.