On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 11:58:04 AM UTC-4, Bennett wrote:
On 6/3/2020 1:13 AM, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 3:07:11 PM UTC-4, John-Del wrote:
I have an old customer who has a 32" Panasonic CRT HD TV he wants to keep. He bought a Roku and discovered the TV doesn't have an HDMI input. I told him to pick up an Component to HDMI converter from Amazon and an HDMI and component cable. He called and said he couldn't get it to work, so I took the ride to his town and brought component cables, HDMI cables, and a blu ray player.

Sure enough, there's no picture. When I plug my Blu Ray into the TV via component jacks, it has picture and sound so the component jacks are working as is the HD section of the TV. When I tried connecting the blu ray player through the HDMI adapter, it had sound but no picture, so neither the blu ray nor Roku was working through the adapter. I thought the adapter was bad but took it back to my shop to try and was surprised to find it works on a newer Samsung.

Is it possible the older Panasonic could get a blu ray HD through the component jacks but not work with an HDMI to component adapter?

I use a Roku Express with a sevenn inch HDMI security monitor. They talk to each other, and they didn't work the first try. I had to have the LCD monitor on first, to get them to communicate. After that it has worked OK. If the monitor gets turned off, it will display a 'Do you want to continue watching ????' when it is turned back on. The Roku also has a menu setting to turn off a display or TV. This is the low end version, and I use it in my bedroom, next to my computer. It was bought at Best Buy about six months ago for $30. It only has a USB port for power, and a HDMI port. The OEM power supply is crap. It is too close to the actual current draw of the Roku, so I power it from my main computer. So far, it has worked well. It is on 24/7 to help mask my Tinnitus.

You can search on EBay for 1st or 2nd generation Roku boxes; they have
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Thanks, that's a good idea. I ordered a different brand HDMI adapter which should be in Saturday. If that doesn't work, I'm done. He'll either have to do without or replace the TV. The guy is like 40 minutes each way away from me. Not to mention I spent about two hours with him when he was asking about Rokus, terrestrial antennas, etc. to get away from cable. No matter what happens, this was a loss. I've done other stuff for him so I don't mind giving him the time, but I'll give it one more shot with the new HDMI adapter.

If that doesn't work, I'll give him your info and see if he wants to try that (by himself!)