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walkingman

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3. If you are trying to play some vhs tapes on your smart TV

Sat May 10, 2025, 03:07 PM

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the best choice is probably get a RCA to HDMI cable unless like Wounded Bear said you wanted to convert to mp4. I wouldn't bother. The S-video in it's day was probably a little better than the RCA but honestly you probably couldn't tell the difference.

Older stuff will more than likely be 14:3 instead of 16-9 resolution the picture will be a square box not filling the elongated 16-9 format. Although on most TV you can change the mode but the picture looks distorted to me.

If you are interested in converting to MP4 (very time consuming process) they do make PC software to do the conversion - I wouldn't bother.

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Late Bloomer for Smart TV upgrades [View all] bucolic_frolic May 10 OP

Good synopsis of the changing technology - but what exactly are walkingman May 10 #1

Good questions bucolic_frolic May 11 #5

Have had a smart TV for a while. Samsung is my chosen model... Wounded Bear May 10 #2

Interesting hard drive idea and good to know. bucolic_frolic May 11 #6

If you are trying to play some vhs tapes on your smart TV walkingman May 10 #3

The VCR/DVD unit dubs the VHS to DVD and vice versa. The DVD is digital and MPEG-2 format. bucolic_frolic May 11 #8

This might not be relevant canetoad May 10 #4

Yes digital is the way to go bucolic_frolic May 11 #7

The device is called canetoad May 11 #9