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I just bought an Sony BDP-S100 at Best buy and soon realized i had no idea how to hook it up on my ancient 4:3 box tv. It's an old Sylvania i believe, definitely no HDMI!


What are my options for running this thing? Is there a converter or certain cable that would allow me to hook this up?
 
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Would an older Blu Ray player like that ^^^ with analog hook ups work through a VCR by any chance?

Thanks for the help Schan1269
 

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Yep.

Many older(and newer DVD/VCR combos) VCR have inputs.

It couldn't care less what the yellow/red/white is at the other end. (which is why the Analog Sunset happened)

As long as you got output to input.
 
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schan1269 said:
Yep.

Many older(and newer DVD/VCR combos) VCR have inputs.

It couldn't care less what the yellow/red/white is at the other end. (which is why the Analog Sunset happened)

As long as you got output to input.


But my content will be in SD right? Since my tv is SD.
 

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Correct. HD video is only carried via component(the Reg/Green/Blue) and HDMI.

Since this is a 4:3 TV, I doubt it has a component input. Which the picture composite(yellow) to component only means you go from 480i to 480P.

IF your TV isn't progressive...you won't notice much of a difference.

If your TV has component, you could look for a BD player with component...but you are going even older...just for the off chance you could tell a difference i to P.
 

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What is really bizarre is the Philips BDP2105, which has a composite video output, but no analog audio output whatsoever (but it does have a digital coax audio out).
 

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