Thank you! This is far from gutting the set and adding a flat screen which will never happen but like you said 10 minutes or less with a solder gun and its back to 100% original since no holes were drilled or any like that. There is no buzz in the sound or signal overload on this set with this mod. and no need for that extra converter box which is nice.
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Originally Posted by Carmine
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.  |