Need help with name of item for main tv
Hard for me to explain. What's the name of the piece of equipment where you select cable, air, vcr, dvd and satellite for the tv? I think mine may be on the fritz. Thank you. Bob
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way2roll wrote:
RV video switch box.
MAYBE !
if you have OLD equipment that has screw type F-connectors, then this is likely what you want. Even a compatible connector is not a guarantee as depending on the vintage of the equipment you have it may or may not "play well together"
More modern televisions (anything built after 2009) do have a screw type connector, but will NOT accept a signal from old VCRs or old DVD players. Older televisions will NOT accept a signal from "over the air" (OTA) TV broadcasts or modern DVD/Blu-Ray players.
The current universal input for televisions (except for OTA and cable) is called HDMI. It looks and works completely different.
OTA and cable still come in on coax cable with a screw connector, but they use a different/incompatible signal.
Getting old equipment to work with new equipment is frustrating, expensive and will give poor results. I bought a spare DVD/Blu-Ray player last year for under $100.