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to: comp.sys.apple2
from: winston19842005{at}yahoo.com
date: 2009-02-07 17:39:26
subject: Re: HDTV switch

On Feb 7, 11:18=A0am, A2Pro  wrote:
> Hi, y'all!
>
> =A0 =A0 I just realized the changeover to HDTV is going to greatly reduce
> the usefulness of my VCR. =A0So I'm looking for a computer controlled
> remote to change the channel on the converter box in sync with the
> programming of my VCR. =A0I was wondering if anyone has done any work on
> using an Apple II to control an infrared LED.
>
> =A0 =A0 No, I can't afford a new TV or a digital recorder...
>
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?
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