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Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: savage10 on August 18, 2001, 02:43:01 PM
Hi guys,

I\'m new to PS2 and just bought it. Unfortunately, I got an old TV that doesn\'t has any RCA or A/V input. I have a VCR though that has a single video/audio input and output. But how can I connect my PS2 to my VCR and then to my old TV??

I don\'t want to buy that RFU adapter because it degrades the picture and sound quality a LOT!!!

Thanks for any input.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Evi on August 18, 2001, 03:02:44 PM
I think that the RFU adapter may be your only choice...:( There may be some way to hook it up to your VCR, but I have a new TV and have never had to resort to that...
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: savage10 on August 18, 2001, 03:13:55 PM
uh-oh.......I really don\'t want to use that RFU adaptor as the sound and picture quality are terrible.

Any other inputs??
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 18, 2001, 04:29:51 PM
Well savage even if you were to connect through your VCR you would still get the same quality as with the RF switch because the only way to hook anything up to your TV is through a coaxial line. Your only real option is to get a new TV.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Falcon4 on August 18, 2001, 04:47:26 PM
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Originally posted by Tetrad
Well savage even if you were to connect through your VCR you would still get the same quality as with the RF switch because the only way to hook anything up to your TV is through a coaxial line. Your only real option is to get a new TV.


yeah so then you will have to get rid of that old 70\'s tv, and get a nice one, never use a adapeter, it makes it look horrible.

if you have enough money, buy a hdtv, because that will give you the best picture quality.!
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 18, 2001, 04:56:59 PM
hdtv\'s are horribly expensive i dont think he can get one, he is having enough trouble dealing with the fact that he need a new tv. I think in about 5 years hdtv\'s will be cheap enough to become commonplace.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: KillaX on August 18, 2001, 04:57:04 PM
If you ant to watch DVD\'s you CANNOT hook the PS2 through your VCR, they have a thing called Macrovision in it that messes up the video, so an RF cable is your only option...or a new TV


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Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Falcon4 on August 18, 2001, 05:05:17 PM
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Originally posted by Tetrad
hdtv\'s are horribly expensive i dont think he can get one, he is having enough trouble dealing with the fact that he need a new tv. I think in about 5 years hdtv\'s will be cheap enough to become commonplace.


mebbe, but htv\'s technology is increasing even further. so the price will stay the same IMO for awhile.

and i said if you have enought money, get an hdtv, dont get me wrong.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 18, 2001, 05:49:14 PM
you can buy a special av cable for that killax
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: savage10 on August 18, 2001, 05:57:52 PM
Actually I don\'t intend to watch DVD. By the way, any good recommendation on TV that cost less than $300?

:)
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 18, 2001, 06:46:47 PM
For 300 you can get a samsung 21 inch like i got, it gets the job done. Its got a front and rear av inputs with gold contacts.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Evi on August 18, 2001, 06:52:00 PM
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Originally posted by Tetrad
For 300 you can get a samsung 21 inch like i got, it gets the job done. Its got a front and rear av inputs with gold contacts.
My neighbor bought a used 35" for $300...maybe you should look around...;)
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 18, 2001, 07:04:32 PM
well mine was new, i hate used tvs. just not the kind of thing i would buy used.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Evi on August 18, 2001, 07:08:16 PM
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Originally posted by Tetrad
well mine was new, i hate used tvs. just not the kind of thing i would buy used.
I kind of feel that same way, too. It just doesn\'t feel right...
Title: TV under $300....
Post by: Whizard97 on August 18, 2001, 09:00:21 PM
You can get a 27" RCA for $270.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on August 19, 2001, 01:07:04 AM
I had the same problem and the solution is RFU adaptor: the picture is good!
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: know-it-all-wanna-be on August 19, 2001, 01:30:12 AM
whoopss...wrong post...trying to delete
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: videoholic on August 19, 2001, 03:53:21 AM
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Originally posted by Tetrad
hdtv\'s are horribly expensive i dont think he can get one, he is having enough trouble dealing with the fact that he need a new tv. I think in about 5 years hdtv\'s will be cheap enough to become commonplace.


know what you speak my friend.  Toshiba has a 40+ incher for a grand in the paper today.
Title: Help with my PS2 connection!!!!
Post by: Tetrad on August 19, 2001, 04:15:16 AM
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know what you speak my friend. Toshiba has a 40+ incher for a grand in the paper today.


really thats supprising i woulda never thought it would be that cheap that fast. i know you can get a cheaper 35 incher for a grand. Still the public is most certainly gonna buy a 500 dollar normal tv over a 1000 dollar hdtv of the same size. I still dont think it will be replacing normal tv\'s for a while now.