Use regular tape to remove the glue residue by taping the glue residue then pulling the tape up. Use a hair dryer and blow on the sticker this will warm up the sticker’s glue which will allow you to easily remove the sticker.Ģ. You can follow along by visiting my Instagram account.1. It works! Playing iOS games like Alto's Adventure and LIMBO are really fun on the old TV.īelow are some the results of my TV experiments. I recently ordered an HDMI adapter, so I've also tried things like hooking it up to Apple TV and sending my iPad screen to it using AirPlay. Usually, I leave the TV connected to my cable box and that's just fine for me. That works okay except that Netflix is the only app that seems to still be supported on first generation Rokus.
When I initially set it up, I just had it hooked to the old Roku. Also, the sound isn't great, so I have that cable running from the adapter to my stereo. It actually makes it hard to capture video of the TV with my phone because it's like filming a neon sign. There's something about the luminescence of a cathode ray tube picture that's totally unique. I recommend using something that has the option of outputting to a 4:3 aspect ratio, otherwise the old TV will squish the picture to fit.įor me, the results were surprisingly good! All kinds of video looks great on my black and white TV. It could be a Blu-Ray player, your cable box, a game console, or whatever. Next, you'll need something to send video to the old TV. Those are the red, white, and yellow cables common to many stereo and video components. In my set up, the coaxial cable goes into an RF modulator that allows me to plug in composite AV cables. The coaxial cable can either plug into a cable box or a converter to accept other forms of audio/video. You'll have to connect a "matching transformer" to the screw posts and then a coaxial cable to the other end of the transformer. Those little screws are your magic doorway into the television. If the TV doesn't have a coaxial cable port on the back (the threaded post that cable screws in to), it probably has little screws that the antenna connects to. Shipping costs for TVs are always expensive and there's no guarantee that the set will work when it arrives. If you’re thinking of doing something like this, I recommend checking local second-hand shops for televisions before looking at ebay. HDMI cable (usually included with media players
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Here’s a list of parts to hook an old TV to an HDMI media player:ħ5 Ohm to 300 Ohm UHF/VHF / FM Matching TransformerĪ short length of coaxial cable (thrift stores always have a bin full of these) With the converter, I was able to connect the TV to an Apple TV, my Macbook, and other devices for even more experiments. Most modern media players have HDMI outputs only, so you might need an HDMI to Composite AV converter. The old Roku has composite AV and HDMI outputs.
Then, when I set the TV to channel 3, the signal comes through to the television through the antenna port. Then, I plugged the Roku into that adapter with composite(red, white, yellow) cables. I know that sounds like Star Trek speak, but it just means that I made the TV's antenna into a plug-in-able thing. I had all the converters and cables waiting in a drawer to try again, and it worked!įor my set up, I connected the TV to an RCA RF modulator using a matching transformer. It all came together when I happened upon a nice General Electric XB2410SD and the Roku at the thrift store. The TVs that I dragged home ended up being broken and I'm definitely not skilled at repairing electronics. I've tried to do this in the past but my previous attempts didn't work out so great. People seemed to be impressed that an old television was capable of playing modern streaming video. I didn't think much of it but it really took off on Twitter, generating 70,000 likes and over 16,000 retweets. I cycled through Netflix and played the intro to The Twilight Zone. Last week, I posted a short video on Twitter showing my black & white TV hooked to a first-generation Roku player.
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