DVD Player

[jplante4]

Replaced the old VCR with a DVD player. Before I start, I have to say that I never tried the VCR with the new TV setup.

I have a video switch box that switches the TV input source from antenna to cable. There's a third position labeled VCR and the VCR IN tap on the back got the RCA output from the DVD player through a RCA-coax adapter.

I thought it would be a simple thing; switch the box output to VCR and tune the TV to channel 3 and get DVD on the TV, but NO.

So to verify that the DVD was working through the RCA output, I brought it into the house and tries it with my kitchen TV and no pix there either.

Is it the RCA output on the DVD player or am I missing something on the newer TVs that needs to be done to get NTSC from a player?

[MrWizard]

i have DVD not blu ray
i have been browsing blu ray watching the advs, but the good ones are still close to $100 or more

i don't want a $39 refurb with a 30day warranty

if i buy blu ray it will be NEW with warranty and 3d output
3d TV can wait until I find one for the right price
but no sense in buying the player twice

[8_1_Van]

I can't see using a DVD player with a HD TV when blu-ray HD/DVD combo players are so cheap today.

[jplante4]

Yeah, I figure because the output is labelled "coax" it would be going through a converter.



But now that I see the jacks in the light, I see this is only audio.

[MrWizard]

dvd player does not output RF, no RF modulator circuit
NO ch 2-3 output

the RCA connectors are A/V audio video "composite video"

you have to connect to A/V input on the TV

the Co-AX switch box cannot be used

you will use the input control on the tv to select antenna or A/V
use A/V for the DVD player

New TV ?

just run an HDMI cable from the DVD player to the TV
just like the stick & Brick TV setput

[1492]

Is the DVD RCA video output to TV RCA input connector both yellow?

If you're using the coax input on the TV instead, from the DVD's RCA outputs(yellow-video, red/white-audio), you'll need an RF Modulator converter box to connect to your TV.