Do you happen to remember any of the brands/types?
Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!
agedcorn@lemmy.world 2 days agoPlenty of those exist. They were given out like mad when the digital to analog switch was happening. Little boxes that would convert digital TV signals to analog for viewing on old TV’s.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
agedcorn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They were referred to as DTA’s - 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.
janNatan@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
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.
agedcorn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That coax output you mention contains the OTA signal, but yes, you’d likely need to amplify it within the limits of your local laws to broadcast it any usable distance.