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Is my old Analog TV junk?
poshniallo
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Hi
I have an old analog TV that we have been using for about 8 years. It's an early LCD. Our country (Japan) switched over to digital a couple of years ago, but we never gave it any thought, because we have cable TV and everything comes through the set-top box of that.
We're getting a new TV, and my brother-in-law, who has very little money and lives a VERY frugal life (e.g. no TV) would love to have it. However, since it's analog, it's effectively lacking a tuner, right?
If he bought a cheap DVD player or even VCR could he put the antenna cable through that and effectively use that as a tuner? The TV has composite inputs and a D-terminal input (standard in Japan).
Or do we need a DVD recorder, as I can imagine a player not having a tuner in it?
Or are there digital-to-analog signal converters that are worth bothering with?
I know these kinds of questions will be strange for many people, who would just throw the old TV away and get a new one, but his lifestyle is very unusual, and none of us like to waste if we can avoid it.
Thanks for any advice!
I have an old analog TV that we have been using for about 8 years. It's an early LCD. Our country (Japan) switched over to digital a couple of years ago, but we never gave it any thought, because we have cable TV and everything comes through the set-top box of that.
We're getting a new TV, and my brother-in-law, who has very little money and lives a VERY frugal life (e.g. no TV) would love to have it. However, since it's analog, it's effectively lacking a tuner, right?
If he bought a cheap DVD player or even VCR could he put the antenna cable through that and effectively use that as a tuner? The TV has composite inputs and a D-terminal input (standard in Japan).
Or do we need a DVD recorder, as I can imagine a player not having a tuner in it?
Or are there digital-to-analog signal converters that are worth bothering with?
I know these kinds of questions will be strange for many people, who would just throw the old TV away and get a new one, but his lifestyle is very unusual, and none of us like to waste if we can avoid it.
Thanks for any advice!
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When they switched here in the US, gov't was giving away coupons for a free digital converter so people could get the basic channels over-the-air without subscribing to cable. Sounds like the Japanese government did not consider television a fundamental right like the US does,
Doing some quick research, tuners are fairly cheap there too, in the $40 range here and more like ¥10,000 there. He'd also need an antenna if his building does not already have one. A DVD with tuner would work too, probably cost a little more. Just make sure the tuner is DTV compatable (地デジ (chideji). Probably doesn't make a huge difference in brand if getting basic model.
Japan Times article
Basically, what you need is one of these: http://www.amazon.com/iView-3500STB-DTV-Converter-Box/dp/B00BFIJQ10/ but in Japan.