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Originally posted by wiseguy
I think this should be possible and not too expensive.Labor would definitely be the $$$ part.But a simple exchange of inputs shouldn't be that technically hard.I don't think that adding the componet input to the newer tvs really added that much to their engineering or that they had to redesign much.To my common sense-brain this sounds like just some new inputs and some soldering and MAYBE a wire or two.But then I could be completely WRONG!Once again ,help!!!!Any electrical engineers w/tv experience out there??I'd love to save my tv(I have a small viewing room and my samsungs 13" depth doesn't eat up vital room space,yes I know,PLASMA but its still too expensive!!!!hopefully samsung one day releases their long delayed new FLCD tvs but I ain't gonna hold my breath on that one! |
Modification Outline:
1) Can the RGB path be accessed before the CRT?. Some TV's have large integrated circuits and the junction points you need are inside that chip.
2) The DVD is Y,RY,BY. That needs to be transcoded to RGB and the sync extracted. This also needs to be clamped if you expect good quality.
3) Can external sync signals easily be injected into the set's deflection circuits?
4) Is the internal power supply of the right voltage for the additional circuits? Does it have enough reserve current to power them?
5) If all these items are satisfied, yoy will still need a multi-pole switch to select component versus the set's internal decoder.
It's possible but not just a few wires. It's easy to do in the design phase as you indicated. But much more difficult after the fact.