DVD woes

[gemfyre]

Back of TV looks like this.



DVD plugs look like this.



Matt tells me this is a problem. I'm starting to think it's not the TVs that we get are incompatible with the DVD player, he just has a weird DVD player that's incompatible with the TVs we get.

BTW - this is the whole setup. Just need to get some DVD storage now. The collection is growing fast.



P.S. Phlegm sucks.

Comments

[scribblette.livejournal.com]

mm, you have an ancient telly, like me.

If you have a VCR around it's probably newer than the telly and will take all three plugs and then the VCR usually has the old kind of cable that goes from VCR Video Out to your TV's Video In, and that'd work. You could even plug the audio directly into the telly maybe. It's just the video cable that needs a convertor.

Or you can get an adaptor, like they're saying.

Or you could get a new tv. But mine is ancient too :) I only have the one plug for my TV even I think, none of these fancy extra holes for audio. Heh.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

- TV is about 10 years old. Previous TV was 20+ years old and the picture was going.
- Apparently at it's previous house a DVD player ran through it no problem.
- VCR is circa 1985 and has had a tape stuck in it for 2.5 years - we really should just throw it out, it's only good for a paperweight.
- Adaptor sounds like the way to go, but it seems they're kinda hard to find.
- We intend to get a DVD/VCR and a nice flat screen sometime, but funds don't allow for it at the moment. This TV was free and a massive improvement on what we had.

[scribblette.livejournal.com]

you've got better than I have :)

If the yellow cord for sure doesn't plug into the video in of the back of the tv, for a couple of bucks you can get the convertor so that it does just fine. :) I'm pretty sure I did something like that to get my PS2 or Gamecube working a long while back.