Hello,
There are so many variables in your equation, that I had to reread your message three times!
I have experimented with all this stuff years ago, and even though am no expert, will answer your questions as best I can.
But let's start with the last one first:
1) "Should I give up on this pipe dream"
Yes, you should.
2) " - unless you just flat can't EXPECT an old tube-type TV to work as a monitor for a computer??? "
Any tv can work as a computer monitor if you provide it with the correct signals. However, an analog tv will never give you as good of a display as an actual computer monitor. If and when you get it all working, I think you will be rather disappointed with it. (See answer to #1, above)
3) " There's also an analog-to-digital box in this setup. Or is it a digital-to-analog box? When our cable went digital, we all had to go pick up a cable conversion box from the cable company"
That's a digital-to-analog converter. YOur cable company went digital, but your tv was still analog, hence a digital-to-analog converter.
4) "I didn't try plugging the coax into the cable conversion box first, as if it were the coax coming from the wall"
Waste of time ... your VGA output is analog ... your VGA to video (aka "composite") is also analog. Your tv is analog.
Running an analog signal into a digital-to-analog converter in order to display an analog signal on an analog device won't help you.
5) " I did try plugging directly into the RCA jacks on the front of the DVD player, but that went nowhere. ... Oh, I just remembered I couldn't figure out how to get the DVD to use "aux" input. ... I'm using a universal remote for the DVD, and I couldn't even get a menu to come up"
That would explain why the jacks on the front of the DVD did not work. If they are AUX inputs, you need to switch the DVD player to use them. If this can only be done by the remote control (as it is in some cases), using a Universal Remote Control may not have the button you need to push.
6) "I couldn't find a vertical hold control on the TV".
It may be called Vertical Sync, or you may not have one at all.
Newer "old" tv's had electronic circuitry to automatically adjust the VSync if needed, but what you're feeding it may be out of the range it can handle.
ps.. a rolling image does not mean you are getting no sync signal, just a sync signal that does not match what is expected.
If you had NO IMAGE, and a vertical roll, that might indicate no vsync signal was being received.
7) I have no further comments re: your kids or ex wife.
8) If you've read this far, please go back and reread my answer to question #1
It's the best advice I can give you.
This computer I'm typing on is connected via an onboard HDMI output to my 46" LCD tv. They both are about 10' away from this couch I'm sitting on, and do everything I need them to ... send/receive email, post in this Group, surf the Web, watch Internet TV, etc. etc. plus watch regular HiDef tv broadcast for free "over the air" and received on a cheap Radio Shack antenna on my roof.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "BeautyIsAGeek" <toyotaokiec@...> wrote:
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> Heh...my kid didn't even want to use the big TV in the living room. Kid's original plan was to have guests huddle around the 14" laptop screen for 7 hours. Kid didn't like my idea at all! Typical 15yo, right? ;-) (Actually, my ex had tendencies like this also. The stories I could tell about his expectation that all the humans had to adapt without any effort being made to arrange things right!!)
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> I couldn't find a vertical hold control on the TV. I know we used to have to fiddle with them frequently on the first TV my family ever got (back in the Dark Ages!), but I didn't find one on this TV.
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> I did try plugging directly into the RCA jacks on the front of the DVD player, but that went nowhere. In fact, that was what I tried first. I didn't get the RF modulator out of the drawer until the computer-to-DVD-to-TV connection failed. Oh, I just remembered I couldn't figure out how to get the DVD to use "aux" input. That would have been the thing to do, right? I'm using a universal remote for the DVD, and I couldn't even get a menu to come up.
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> There's also an analog-to-digital box in this setup. Or is it a digital-to-analog box? When our cable went digital, we all had to go pick up a cable conversion box from the cable company. As I recall, even my kid's brand new flat screen TV required one. That seemed odd to me.
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> I didn't try plugging the coax into the cable conversion box first, as if it were the coax coming from the wall. That might be worth trying - unless you just flat can't EXPECT an old tube-type TV to work as a monitor for a computer???
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> Should I give up on this pipe dream?
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