How do you personally consume digital media on an analog tv?

[Adam]

I like the dvd/vhs combo players (I have 2 JVC, an RCA, and a Zenith, and one JVC VCR-only) and the Zenith/Insignia converter boxes (I have 4). I've heard good things about the Channel Master converters, but I've never tried one. I've tried the Radio Shack converters - they work just fine, but I prefer the metal cabinets the Zenith/Insignia ones come in to the plastic ones they use on the Radio Shack models.

In the room I keep most of my TV collection in, I use a B-T agile modulator wired in to most of the sets (Hard wiring them is the only way I can get a clear picture with no interference of any kind). In the basement, I also have one of those agile modulators, but I just wired it up to my main watcher down there (69 Zenith 22" metal cabinet B&W), and then transmit off of the built in antenna if I want to watch another set. In the living room, I just use this small ch 3/4 video modulator with a built-in 4-way switch on the input, going to my '68 Zenith 25" color console. I also have one spare B-T agile modulator.

It does concern me that the era of cheap plentiful DVD/VHS combo players at thrifts won't last forever. It's not like I repair them, just last week when I picked up those 2 JVC DVD/VHS, I tossed a Toshiba DVD/VHS and a GPX DVD-only that had been giving me trouble. Eventually, I like the idea of picking up a few nice early model VCRs that can be maintained, but for now the flow of cheap dvd/vhs players doesn't seem to be slowing down.