[lug] TV-out on a NTSC CRT TV (Davide Del Vento)

[Carl Wagner]

Davide,

How large is the TV you are trying to use?

Would it work to just get a 21" monitor for them to watch cartoons on?
You might be able to pick up a 21" CRT for cheap/free.
One less in the landfill, if it would work!

Carl




Davide Del Vento wrote:
> Thanks for the ideas.
>
> My oldest one is 2.5yo, so I won't give them their own machine yet.
> What they watch so far are things like this, and at most for 10
> minutes a day (often much less than that):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7zOlGCDuKk
> (and yes, the kids are bilingual and they already speak English better
> than I - OT: if you have any recommendation of very short, nice and
> free cartoons in English like the Italian one linked above, I'll
> appreciate it very much).
>
> Happy New Year,
> Davide
> PS: tonight I'll try the latest suggestion from Lee
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 13:33, Gordon Golding <gordongoldin at aim.com> wrote:
>   
>> Davide -
>> If the TV/Laptop thing doesn't finally resolve -
>> Here's a solution for your original problem specs:
>>
>> Purpose: show the
>>     
>>>>>>> kids some cartoons on a larger screen.
>>>>>>>               
>> Bococo has random recycled PCs for $40, they give away CRT terminals when
>> they get them. So you could set kids up with their own machine for
>> downloading, storing and playing.  They have old TV cards of different kinds
>> cheap, if an extra CRT is too much.
>>
>> Kids like Dr. Who?  Or British Museum Natural History programs?  I've got a
>> stash, and more being couriered from London after the Holidays.
>>
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>>
>>
>>
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