winston19842005 wrote:
> On 2/7/09 11:15 PM, in article
> 98ae3b7e-666d-4c7f-903c-97c99d0dcd41{at}v42g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "Eric
> Rucker"  wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 7, 10:50 pm, "winston19842...{at}yahoo.com"
>>  wrote:
>>> On Feb 7, 10:36 pm, Alex Freed  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> winston19842...{at}yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>> I noted, with some horror, that with the converter box
connected to
>>>>> our TV, that it would not "pass-through" the
signal from our DVD
>>>>> player!
>>>>> Horror of horrors, I will need a switchbox of some kind!
>>>>> Is this progress?
>>>> Are you telling us that your TV doesn't have a
"baseband" video
>>>> input and you use a modulator to connect the DVD? Or that your
>>>> TV has exactly one video input and you need to switch between the
>>>> converter and the DVD?
>>>> I've never seen a converter box but I'm willing to bet it has a
>>>> "channel 3" RF output to be compatible with ALL old TVs.
>>>> If you are using RF to connect the DVD then you don't mind much
>>>> reduced quality. Tune it to a different channel and use your TV
>>>> remote to switch. But I have not seen a TV with no video inputs
>>>> made in the last 20 years.
>>> No, the converter box to tv is fine. The converter box will not pass
>>> through the signal from a VCR or DVD device.
>>> Perhaps if it was an HD DVD, but you get nothing even with the box
>>> turned off...
>> Just to make things clear, what inputs are you using for the converter
>> box and the DVD player?
>>
>> And, as for a TV with no video inputs... my mom has a Toshiba 19" TV
>> with only coax in, made in 2004, IIRC. ;)
> 
> This Magnavox convert has coax in/out and rca out.
> 
> It just seemed "normal" to me to allow me to connect antenna
to VCR/DVD,
> then VCR/DVD via coax to the box, and the box have either a button to switch
> from one mode to another (like the TV/VCR button on most VCRs). Or at least
> pass-through an unconverted signal when the box is powered off.
> 
> It is merely an annoyance and a comment on what I think is a lack of
> feature, as I only picked one up to play with...

The first crop of converter boxes did not provide "analog pass-through",
which is the feature yours is missing.  Many current ones do, since it
was realized (late) that it was a useful feature even after analog TV
broadcasting ceases.

-michael

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