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TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! (media.piefed.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

Plenty of those exist. They were given out like mad when the analog to digital switch was happening. Little boxes that would convert digital TV signals to analog for viewing on old TV's.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Do you happen to remember any of the brands/types?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    They were referred to as DTA's - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_adapter

    You'll still require a means of amplifying and broadcasting the converted signal if you need true OTA but this gets you an analog RF signal (NTSC in the US) from a DTV broadcast.

    I wouldn't be surprised if you could take the output of the DTA and feed it to signal booster/amplifier with an antenna on the output and get short range OTA broadcast. Just know your laws on allowed output power.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Digital converter boxes output their signal over cable (coax or HDMI, etc) NOT air. - some old (small) tv devices were antenna only.

    I mean, the old devices could be modified, but you don't always wanna do that.

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