On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:17:20 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:54:03 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
Im wanting to hook up a VCR, DVD, tuner/amp etc etc to my tv set.

Some of the devices are rf, some are video/audio and so forth.

Any one have any idea of what such a center would be called? Im having
a stoke moment coming up with something on Ebay.

A box that brings all the various outputs from the devices and puts them
out to both a tv set and an amp so I can listen/watch all the various
devices in turn.

There are boxes out there that take multiple video/audio..but only a few
of the devices are AV..some are RF in/out such as a vcr.

The TV has both rf and AV inputs..and is hooked to a digital converter
so we can watch the new standard airplay.

Anyone?

Gunner


Sounds like the mess I used to have, that VCR must be a REALLY old one
if it doesn't have AV/Audio on it.

The easy solution is to grab a combo player that does DVD and VHS then
just run them through the tuner/amp. Also gives you the ability to
record DVD.

Steve, I think you meant "DVD and VHS player/recorder". A straight
player won't record DVDs while most VHSes were player/recorders by
default. The DVD players were considerably less expensive (by several
hundred dollars) when they came out.


You could hunt up a home theater unit. Those usually have an RF in jack
that you could use to connect the VCR. But they are usually not real
cheap. If you picked up one with a digital tuner and DVD or Blu-ray
player then you could eliminate the converter box and the DVD. Plus the
tuner and amp. The antenna would connect to the VCR out on VCR would
connect to Home Theater unit and you would have surround sound for all
of the media that supported it.

I think what Gunner wants is simply called an Audio/Video Receiver. My
old Technics SA-DX930 is eons old and still kickin' with 5.1 surround
+ subwoofer (which I don't have, but the old Bose 501s still kick out
some healthy bass and booming explosions in action flicks.)

Gunner, go to www.Crutchfield.com and have some vicarious fun, then
search for a/v receivers locally.

$1600 for a freaking turntable????????? Marantz sure carries a nice
price tag..dont they?


HelL.A. should be full of them for
dirt cheap prices, when you're working. One of these would be great:
http://fwd4.me/aM7 , though it's way newer and pricier than you want.
I cut my eye-teeth on Pioneer and owned them for decades, both in home
and auto stereos.

Doesnt have RF input.

But certainly has just about every other type,doesnt it?

Ill check into "home theater" down in LA..or another type of VCR with
Vid/aud out puts

Gunner

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