Can TV slinging be done?

[wb2mep]

Just out of curiosity, which model Roku are you using? The new ones only have HDMI outputs. I have to find a way to get You Tube on my vintage TVs since my wife's native-language channels are one by one dropping off of satellite and going to on-line distribution only. Wondering what older model Rokus would have composite video outputs (and Ethernet inputs - my DSL modem/router doesn't have WiFi).

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by wb2mep

Just out of curiosity, which model Roku are you using? The new ones only have HDMI outputs. I have to find a way to get You Tube on my vintage TVs since my wife's native-language channels are one by one dropping off of satellite and going to on-line distribution only. Wondering what older model Rokus would have composite video outputs (and Ethernet inputs - my DSL modem/router doesn't have WiFi).

They don't sell new rokus with composite output anymore and I couldn't find one used so I just have an HDMI TO AV converter for mine.

If all you need is YouTube you could buy an older laptop with S-Video output (which a $1 adapter will make into composite), or get an old graphics card with S-Video output and put it into a desktop. I have such a card in a high spec windows 10 PC I use primarily for playing media.

[mr_rye89]

Ah crap I forget the model and what year I bought it, it’s like a big stick of gum has HDMI and a 1/8” trrs connector for A/V……

So are you getting the foreign language channels from Galaxy 19? IPTV is cheaper than renting a satellite transponder…..

[wb2mep]

Yes, we're getting the programming from Galaxy 19. My wife's from Vietnam, there used to be as many as 7 Vietnamese-language channels on there. Most were DTV subchannels from Los Angeles and San Francisco. I think they were feeding the sat. uplink from a DTV converter box receiving the OTA broadcast. At times the picture would pixellate and break up just like my DTV converter box does, while the satellite signal remains at full strength.