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From: zaphod@diku.dk (Ole D. M. Lennert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Another question about watching TV on a monitor
Message-ID: <1990Mar21.231217.23402@diku.dk>
Date: 21 Mar 90 23:12:17 GMT
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Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
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cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:

>In article <7019@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> amiga@uhccux.UUCP (Boing) writes:
>>along similar lines:
>>
>>I've used my monitor with a vcr for tv viewing for a while now.  is there
>>a simple way/device that can do what the vcr does (separate the the audio
>>and video coming in on the coax cable) without requiring the other vcr
>>stuff?  is it a complex circuit?

>It is called a TV tuner. It used to be really complicated but these days
>it is down to about 4 chips and some analog components. You could build
>one or you could buy a really cheap VCR (like $100) and get the same
>function (albeit in a somewhat larger package). Another alternative is the
>component TV tuners however these are generally targeted to the "high end"
>videophiles so they are expensive.

I don't know if it is available in the US, but I have a Philips
TV tuner which costs Dkr 1200, approx. $150. If you are interested
in the type designation of this tuner, send me mail.

>--Chuck McManis
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Ole Lennert 
Student at Institute of Datalogy, University of Copenhagen
E-mail: zaphod@freja.diku.dk
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