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[Drew345]

I am having trouble connecting my new Cable line and my DVD player to my TV at the same time. Maybe someone here has found a solution.

I just got a cable TV line from Mapo Cable. Every cable I got in America went into the TV through the Coax input, but this system doesn't work that way. The English channels go through a "smart card" and then are not sent out the coax output, but only through the RCA, and S-Vid outputs. So the installation guy took out my DVD player from the RCA inputs on my TV, and put the Cable box RCA connections in their place. I asked him how to hook up the DVD player again and he just said "an-dwai-yo". Finally he showed me how I had to remove the Cable RCA jacks from the TV and put in the DVD player jacks when I want to watch a DVD. Neither the Cable box or my DVD player have any input channels, so I cannot daisychain them the way VCR players used to be done.

OK, so I figure I need a TV with two sets of Video inputs. I went down to Homever and Lotte mart. The TVs there only have one set of inputs. They have regualar coax, then one set of RCA, Component, and S-vid. I tried to ask if I could put the cable in the S-Vid and the DVD in the Component and switch between them. The sales guy and I confused each other a while and a search for the Remote was fruitless.

I think I saw some big LCD TV's with 2 inputs, but the problem is that my cable channels are all formatted for 4:3 picture ratio. If you show "Mapo Cable" on an LCD TV, then everyone's face ends up short and fat. Seems to be fine for everyone at Homever and Lotte mart, but I guess I like regular shaped heads. Also I think LCD may come down in price and don't mind waiting a couple of more years to buy.

So my questions are:
1. Has anyone else got one of these cable boxes where you must use RCA (or S-vid) out. If so, how did you connect that to your TV along with the DVD player.

2. Have you seen any regular "tube" TVs that have 2 sets of video inputs?

3. Any other suggestions?

Thanks, Drew

[Drew345]

Looks like there is a chance I may have to go ahead and buy an LCD TV in order to have two input channels (one for Cable and one for DVD).

There was a post a few weeks ago where Spliff went to Yongsan to by a 32 inch monitor and ended up getting a 42 inch HDTV (or something like that). I can't find that post anymore. Anyone still have a link to that. I figure whatever is good enough for Spliff is more than good enough for me.

I will go to Yongsan tomorrow. Is it better to look in the actual station electronics mart, or over in "ElectroLand". Where did Spliff and friends end up getting his choice a few weeks ago?

Thanks,
Drew

[Drew345]

I found that link I referenced above; the one where Spliff bought his HDTV at Yongsan. A good post deserves repeating, so here is that again.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=122203&highlight=

But still, if anyone has any other experience connecting their cable box and DVD player to a non-LCD TV, would love to hear how you did that.

Thanks,
Drew

[spliff]

I bought my Full HD TV at the local Hi-Mart.

[the ireland]

can't you use one of these, we used to have to use them backhome on some of the older tvs, you can flick a switch to determine which one you wanna watch, sometimes it's just done on the order, the connection closer to the top gets presidence over the lower ones.