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From: amc4919@cec1.wustl.edu (Adam Michael Costello)
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Subject: Re: Video Advice
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Date: 5 May 90 03:36:43 GMT
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In article <29488@ut-emx.UUCP> lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
>But seriously folks, here's my real question:  Instead of buying a vcr, is
>there some kind of box I can buy somewhere than receives TV and churns out
>composite video and audio?  Or, even better, something that outputs analog
>RGB?  My 1084 makes a wonderful TV when hooked up to a vcr, but I don't wanna
>buy a vcr -- I'm a college student.

The box you describe is called a TV tuner.  I have one.  I got it as a gift,
but I think my dad paid 70-80 dollars for it.  However, this was a display
model, and they couldn't even find the box in came in nor the remote it came
with, so I think it retailed for much more.  My guess would be that TV tuners
would be aimed at high-end video customers, whereas VCR's are aimed at everyone,
and some are dirt cheap.  You'd probably be better off getting a low-end VCR.
(Hey, you can always use a VCR!)
AMC