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From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.video,comp.periphs,comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Convert Mac II color monitor into TV set??!!
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Date: 20 Apr 89 20:38:59 GMT
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Reply-To: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
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Well, this is a nutty question if I've ever heard one, but here goes...

I have a Mac II with a color monitor, which I believe is a monitor very
similar to one of Sony's multiscan RGB monitors (it has the shadow line
cast by the support wire inside the tube).  It's a great monitor, but
there's one problem with it....

I can't watch TV on it.  And nor can I play video games (I may be able to
get hold of a cheap Nintendo soon).

So the question is:  are there any magic boxes that I can plug this monitor
into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able to
watch the video?  (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the sound,
and a channel decoder if I want to hook up to cable... any thoughts on
those while you're at it?)

Note that I don't care about image processing TV pictures on the Mac or
anything like that.  All I want to do is turn this incredibly fancy RGB
monitor into a stupid TV set.  Why?  Well, dorm rooms are small, and a real
TV would take up a lot of room... and *maybe* there's a magic box that I
can get for cheaper than a decent color TV.

Thanks for listening to this inane query.  Now tell me... is it possible?

Followups directed to rec.video (as I wasn't sure where to post this).

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