What do I need to hook up an antique tv to a dvd player ?

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

As you're feeding a black and white Tv set, use the luma signal (usually avaliable on the "S-video" output jack, which most all DVD players have. Also usually avaliable on the green RCA jack (component video) when the player is set for regular interlace scan NTSC).

This is a great idea and works really well. It turns a fuzzy picture full of color crosstalk artifacts into a very sharp, clear B&W picture. Thanks for the tip.

There are copy protection artifacts that make the picture shake, rattle and roll; trying to find a 'scrubber' box to put inline between the player and the Ch 4 modulator so the old 1948 Philco will be happy.

[andy]

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[fujifrontier]

and how would one convert Svideo to old-tv connection?

[Fred Sanford]

Originally Posted by fujifrontier

and how would one convert Svideo to old-tv connection?

There are breakout cables for this, so you can run S-Vid over 2 x R59. You'd simply connect only one of the breakouts. All the ones I've used terminate in BNC connectors, I'd assume there are others in the world (RCA).

je