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Old 01-07-2018, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by targeteye View Post
You need one of 2 things.

1. A DVD player with modulated RF output. I suspect not many of these were made... if any.
2. An external modulator such as the one in the picture. It takes composite video, and L/R Audio and modulates the information on to usually Channel 3 or 4.

The modulators were produced by the gazillions when things like DVDs and VCRs stopped installing internal modulators and folks still had old tv,s that excepted only RF input (or had a limited number of inputs). Just search Ebay for Television RF modulator. You can now get them for very little money.

Now .. like I said i'm brand new to the "old tv" scene. Is there something about a B&W set where this will not work? I don't think so but perhaps someone more knowledgeable will chime in. I vaugely remember something about copyright protection messing with the signal to prevent duplication but I think that was on VCRs.

Steve
Macrovision copy protection existed on both VHS and DVD. Only some recordings had it, some players and external boxes eliminated it. Older TVs (pre-1980) sometimes were bothered by it.
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