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Old 04-29-2012, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Penthode View Post
A few months ago, I saw at Menard's a tiny surveillance camera on sale for $19.95. Amazing thing: it was tiny and produced a decent picture thru an NTSC interface.

At Gateway Electronics in St Louis, they always seem to have old but recent color surveilance cameras there. I bought a couple for $5.00 each and after supplying a lens I had on hand, the pictures are excellent. I tested the luma and chroma resolution and the camera matched or exceeded our 1999 Panasonic NTSC receiver.

Incidently, at Big Lots last week I saw Ch3/Ch4 RF modulators on sale for $6.00 each. I bought one to test and for once found a good modulator which produces decent level sound with no buzz. It was marked GE and is a heck of a lot better than the RCA or Phillips modulators you see at Home Depot, Lowes or Walmart.
Will check out Menard's and Big Lots.

Put the RCA on watch while I think about it.

Found a under $200 Toshiba that says it comes with a "miniature USB and AV cable" - I take "AV" to mean audio and composite NTSC video, but they don't say it!

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys.
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