19 May
2024
19 May
'24
1:50 p.m.
On Sun, May 19, 2024, 08:08 Will Cooke via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
wrote:
I have a couple of 70s/80s "home" computers
(e.g. Radio Shack Color
Computer) that are intended to connect to a TV set. They don't have easily
available composite video, even internally, only modulated RF output.
Currently I have an old CRT TV that I use with them, but for various
reasons that isn't practical long-term.
Does anyone know of a small TV tuner that tunes old analog TV channels (US
NTSC) and outputs composite or VGA or HDMI signals? I've looked around a
bit but haven't found anything. It's relatively easy to build one, but I
would prefer a pre-built solution. And I'm sure others have run into this
same problem.
I just googled "rf to HDMI" and there appear to be several options from the
usual large sellers. As I have no experience with them, I don't want to
endorse any particular model. My assumption is that they would take output
on NTSC channel 3 or 4, as was common for equipment of the time.
-Henry