Note to AMCTV--Play the movies and shut up.

[Kevinpreston3]

And for that matter...

What is it with all the forensic programs, both fictional and drama? CSI this, Forensic Files that. They lost me on an episode where a young woman was being strangled, and the camera "went inside" her body to show you graphically how she was dying. Excuse me, but is that entertainment, or is that sick?

There was some lame cable show on about a family that ran a funeral parlour, and I guess their romances in between buring people. YECH. Then, on like Arts and Entertainment, they put on a REAL show about a family that works a funeral parlour. Speaking of Arts and Entertainment, what is with that trash Gotti show, with the daughter of that murderous punk gangster and her three disgusting sons?

There was one show that showed a rather dysfunctional family building motorcycles. Now there are like three of those shows. There are so many reality shows that Speed Channel actually has a phony reality show. How many shows can there be showing people arguing as they assemble motorcycles?

Maybe some of these shows get better with repeated viewings, I don't give them that chance. I doubt it, however.

 

[sudsmaster]

Thanks, Tolivac and Jason.

All my TV's can accept component input, but the reason why I want to output Ch3 NTSC over Coax is so that I can share one digital antenna signal coverted to analog NTSC with several sets in the house - an avearge distance of 35 feet from the HDTV broadcast tuner box, which would be out of the specs for component cable (as I understand it).

Eventually, when I get a real HDTV set, I will make sure it's one with a digital HDTV broadcast tuner. But I don't see any reason to jettison three perfectly good tube-type non-digital TV's at the moment.

Kevin,

I agree, there's way too much preoccupation with forensics on TV these days. I think it's a sign of our paranoid times - always suspecting someone somewhere of doing something wrong. I like the original "Law and Order" with Sam Waterston, but that show has spawned way too many clones. Reality TV shows are popular with networks because they are relatively cheap to produce (don't have to hire professional actors) and they still get good ratings. I find "Lost" somewhat interesting because on the surface it looks like a reality show, but it's really a drama with a touch of fantasy. At least they are employing actors and writers.

 

[tolivac]

Sudsmaster-Now I get it-you want to show the "HDTV" program on three older tube type sets.No,I wouldn't get rid of those vintage tube sets either.Used to have some of those-are kinda fun to work on-fixed lots of 'em.What I figure you will need for your setup-is-your present antenna feeding into the HDTV tuner.Then you take the analog video out of the tuner and feed it into the modulator.I don't think the modulator will act as a distribution amp-since you are feeding more than one TV.Most modulators were designed to feed one set.You will need to feed them modulator into a RF distribution amp-then feed the TV's.You can also put a RF switch on the antenna in of each set so you can use the switch to select a regular analog signal-or the signal from the HDTV tuner.Just a thought.
On the TV shows--I have a DVD boxed set of the 70's "Quincy"-this would be like todays CSI.The older Quincy show wasn't as "graphic"-I also think since digital and other modern special effects are available-producers of TV shows and movies love to use them-sometimes too much and not in good taste-like the stragulation of that woman.In the 70's such effects weren't available.

 

[sudsmaster]

Tolivac,

As you can see from the photo I posted, I already have all the components in place to do what you describe. The box with the red light is a signal amplifier. I would probably just mix in the CH3 output of the HDTV tuner/modulator directly into the mix, without needing to have it feedinto the antenna switch first, since CH3 shouldn't interfere with any other signal or cause ghosting.

My problem is that I have yet to see a digital broadcast tuner in person. I've only seen them on the internet, and I'd like to have an actual specimen in hand to get a better idea of its features, quality, etc.

I suppose I'll have to visit a higher end video store (besides Fry's which was a bust) to look at these devices.

 

[tolivac]

You can get HDTV tuners from Best Buy,circuit City-or any of the "Hi-end" Hi-fi-Home Theater stores in your area.I tried one breifly from Samsung-It had Component video out,and standard NSTC analog video out.it also had dolby Digital out and 5.1 Ch analog audio out.If you have to feed its audio-unless the tuner has a mono out for older systems-use the center channel.HDTV uses Dolby Digital as its sound standard.-Same as the Dolby digital on DVD's and in movie theaters.--Makes it easy to broadcast films on HD with digital soundtracks--dolby digital encoded in between the sprocket holes on 35mm film-beside the analog soundtracks.I did return the Samsung becuase the signals in my area wouldn't work with an indoor antenna-their strengths are low here. Will try one later with an outdoor antenna.HDTV broadcsts are not a priority with me right now.

 

[sudsmaster]

This brings up a point... if the HDTV doesn't have NTSC Ch3 out, then the modulator would need to accomodate TV broadcast audio stereo, not just mono. All my TV's are color/stereo, so I wouldn't want to lose that feature.

I suppose I could just get three HDTV tuners, one for each TV, but if they're $200 a pop, that's almost the cost of a new, mid-size TV.