OT: TV Tuner / demodulator

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Aug 30 13:57:43 2001

Thrift stores are about the only place I see the modular tuners that once were
popular with "component" video recorder systems. SONY made them as did a number
of other makers, but the SONY ones are common because they were made to go with
BETA format equipment, though they're still NTSC tuners. I'd bet that if you
find one, you can get it for about $5 here in the USA.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se>
To: "Don Maslin" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: OT: TV Tuner / demodulator


> Don Maslin skrev:
>
> >On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, John Allain wrote:
>
> >> Only on topic if it's considered a use for NTSC monitors...
> >>
> >> Anybody know where to get a TV tuner for a good price?
> >> Sony had one for RV's but that was IIRC $300+.
> >> I figure I'm going to take the circuit board out of a $80 VCR
> >> and toss the rest. Seems kinda wasteful though.
>
> >If that is the only part that you want, John, why not pick one up
> >at a thrift shop. It is certain to be a damned site less than $80!
>
> Second hands electronics shops tend to have dedicated TV tuners as well.
> Otherwise, you could try looking for an old video system, the kind which had
> the tuner in another box instead of integrated into the VTR itself.
>
> --
> En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>
>
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