Resident Loser
08-02-2004, 07:46 AM
...coupla' weeks ago I posted my quandry re: connecting a VCR and a DVD to my teevee, which has only one set of inputs...everything from "get a new tv" to the bleedin' obvious was suggested...ho-boy...I realized that application of the K.I.S.S. pricinciple was in order...
I strolled into my friendly neighborhood Target and found just what I was lookin' for...a GE UltraProGrade(yeh, yeh...chuckle chuckle...) A/V source and game selector switch...went to HD and CC and BB and Lowes...found Terk and Recoton and Philips...all of the stuff two to three times the price of the GE thingee with bells and whistles I didn't need; all much bigger and bulkier.
The GE is a quite compact three in-one out affair with a small footprint...It has a three position rotary knob coupled to a three position multi contact slide switch mounted directly to a PCB with clean, crisp traces terminating at nicely soldered RCA jacks(I wonder if they used eutectic). Very straightforward design IMO, no pushbuttons requiring interlocking devices, springs etc. for button restoration...no converters, no s video, no headphone jacks...just three sets of two audio inputs(L+R) and composite video...price $14.95 + tax.
For anyone interested, I also came across(at Target) a "DVD for Dummies" hookup kit for those out there who have a set without any input jacks...
So now I can plug in the VCR and DVD and my cheesy little digital camera...no switching transients audible or visible and all is well in my non-HT world.
jimHJJ(...I knew you were all on the edges of your seats...)
I strolled into my friendly neighborhood Target and found just what I was lookin' for...a GE UltraProGrade(yeh, yeh...chuckle chuckle...) A/V source and game selector switch...went to HD and CC and BB and Lowes...found Terk and Recoton and Philips...all of the stuff two to three times the price of the GE thingee with bells and whistles I didn't need; all much bigger and bulkier.
The GE is a quite compact three in-one out affair with a small footprint...It has a three position rotary knob coupled to a three position multi contact slide switch mounted directly to a PCB with clean, crisp traces terminating at nicely soldered RCA jacks(I wonder if they used eutectic). Very straightforward design IMO, no pushbuttons requiring interlocking devices, springs etc. for button restoration...no converters, no s video, no headphone jacks...just three sets of two audio inputs(L+R) and composite video...price $14.95 + tax.
For anyone interested, I also came across(at Target) a "DVD for Dummies" hookup kit for those out there who have a set without any input jacks...
So now I can plug in the VCR and DVD and my cheesy little digital camera...no switching transients audible or visible and all is well in my non-HT world.
jimHJJ(...I knew you were all on the edges of your seats...)