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[-] Hyphlosion@donphan.social 9 points 8 months ago

Having to hook up my consoles to a VCR.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Somehow your comment garnered a singular downvote, presumably from someone who didn't remember that entry level TV's used to not come with composite (red/white/yellow) inputs on them. You'd have antenna screws, or if your TV was "cable ready" it would have a screw-on type F jack and a tuner capable of hitting those higher channels.

If your console could only output composite, or if you lost the RF modulator it came with, a lot of VCR's did indeed come with RCA composite jacks on them, sometimes even on the front! This was actually intended to allow goobers like your dad to connect a camcorder to them, but as you observed it'd just as well allow you to plug in your Nintendo 64 and would dutifully pass along the video to channel 3 or whatever.

[-] SexualTyrannosaurus2@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 8 months ago

Weird one for me was that passing signals through the VCR into the TV produced a clearer picture on screen. Different TVs, different VcRs, RCA, type F, analog, digital. The VCR (or VCR/DVD combo) produced better images across the board.

[-] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Make any VHS highlight reels?

[-] Hyphlosion@donphan.social 1 points 8 months ago

@WhipperSnapper I actually did that, too. Those were the days.

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