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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
So we're about one step away from putting the flat screen inside the roundy cabinet. Modern technology must be pretty addictive.  |
I don't see it that way at all. Gober'ment has dealt OTA a shitty hand, leaving us only flawed convertor boxes to continue using old sets.
As long as the mods are easily reversible it's no worse than putting radial tires on a '69 Imperial. I don't just use my old cars for parades and I don't just use my TVs to run loops of "I Love Lucy".
To the OP, I'm curious if this solves the signal overloading and buzz issues I have with my tube sets + convertor boxes. Nothing worse than trying to show off the nice picture on your vintage set to a friend and then a commercial comes on for vaginal mesh lawsuits and the fine-print buzz makes everyone cover their ears. Or Captain Kirk looks sharp as can be, then another lawyer commercial comes on showing male breast-growth against a white background and the contrast overloads giving you a horrible picture. (Of course I find myself covering ears and eyes in these examples regardless of the TV's age)
I understand that I could use a transmitter, but that's not really practical if you want to watch TV in a room separate from the convertor box. For example, let's say my convertor/transmitter is in the living room and I decide to watch some before TV bed. Now how do I change channels? Certainly the convertor remote isn't going to reach around corners and down the stairs.
Or do I now need to get a transmitter for every room with an old TV? Just in case I'm not getting enough RF radiation and don't have enough wall-warts plugged in 24/7? A reversible mod like this sounds quite alright to me. Just a matter of a few minutes with a soldering iron and I'm back to 2009. Hardly dumping a flatscreen in a cabinet.
