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

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Bummer.

Nope, that's a normal DVD; your TV is probably just older than coaxial video plugs. (I think it's coaxial. I always get coaxial and RCA mixed up)

Actually, I just googled for images and I did get them mixed up. Oops. RCA is what the DVD has, coaxial is what the TV has.

You can probably get an adaptor from Dick Smith for a couple of bucks. OR, does the DVD player have an coaxial (aerial) plug? Cos then you can connect the video that way, and use the two audio plugs for audio. I think.

Still, go to Dick Smith with the cable and tell them you want a plug to convert it to coaxial, and problem solvered. Tandy might even have it, too.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Actually, now I think about it (darn, Luke's not here to ask) I think coaxial is the cable type, and not the plug. So tell them it's an "aerial plug" and they'll know what you mean.

[devinjay.livejournal.com]

Yes, what lotus79 said.

Said almost exactly what I was going to say, only better. And managed to chuck in a "problem solvered", too.

(*sniffle* No on around here gets it when I say "problem solvered" or "not happy Jan".)

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Yeah, looks like a converter is needed.

I wish Dick Smith was open on Sundays (and I felt alive enough to go out). I was hoping we could set all the stuff up this morning and watch DVDs tonight, but it will not be so. *sigh*

[devinjay.livejournal.com]

I thought the city and Freo were open on Sundays ... so the the one in Perth city might be open.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Yeah but I feel like crap so going into town is kinda out of the question. :)

I just hope I feel a tad better for work tomorrow. Sheesh, in Broome I NEVER got sick.

[devinjay.livejournal.com]

*hug* I hope you feel better, too. Maybe you're allergic to Perth?

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I reckon I am. As soon as I got off the plane I started sneezing. People, pollution, smoke, etc. Ack.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

I was just about the suggest the one in perth... they are open right now... across the road form Hjs/KFC

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Too sick to leave house :( *hacks up wad of phlegm*

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

send matt

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

He's at a bowling tournament.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

so he is conveiently close to the city? will he be finished before 6pm?send him an SMS

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

He's in Morley. And no he won't be finished by 6.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist* damn him....

[firvulag.livejournal.com]

well i did have a 2 hour time gap in the middle of the afternoon, but i wasn't totally sure what i needed. i did however look in bunnings and they had stuff that might have done it, if i had any sort of electrical cable skills, which i dont

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

BJ should have mms'd you a pic

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

*sniffle* No on around here gets it when I say "problem solvered" or "not happy Jan".

Hee. Yeah, I've tried to explain the "not happy Jan" phenomenon to Americans before. It's amusing.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

"no happy jan" is the only good thing Telstra has given us in decades... but then I think Telstra have "sold" the yellow pages to sensis now... I don't know it has been so long since I looked at an actual yellow pages *goes to yellowpages.com.au* yep they're sensis