recomendation for hooking PS2/DC into Coaxile-only TV

MrHappyMonkey

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I have a Dreamcast and a Playstation 2 that I want to hook up to my 19" GE TV which does not have component input, only coaxile. I have purchased a 3rd party RF adapter for my Dreamcast, but the resolution was not too good. At one time, I had a VCR with an input for Component cables that plugged into the coaxile connection; the quality was pretty decent. Is there a FR switch that I can buy so that I can switch between the PS2 and the DC, and also convert the Component RCA cables to Coaxile input? I don't want to spend a whole lotta $$, but at the same time, I don't want sh!tty quality. The TV is pretty decent, but one of the lower end 19"ers from about 3 years ago.
 

Gunbuster

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<<I don't want sh!tty quality>>

I hate to tell ya but RF/Coax in is crap for consoles

Time to look for a new TV with Svideo or component in's
 

goob2k

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I've got a PS2 running into an early 1990's TV w/o coax inputs, the picture quality is good considering the TV is old (yeah, it's no HDTV picture, but it works).

Here's my setup

TV <--- Weird Coax adapter that screws into old-school antenna things <--- RF Modulator <--- PS2
 

t3chvest

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I have an RF modulator for my DC and DVD player, and the quality is fine. I'm using a radio shack one, works fine.
 

MrHappyMonkey

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rmblam,

Can you confirm that I can dazy chain a coaxile input into the system selector and out to the TV? I have found lots of reviews of the product, but none mention a coaxile cable. Do you have a digicam where you could take a pic of the back of the system selector so I can see what inputs/outputs and accepted?

[Edit]I found this system selecter that looks like it will work perfect for me. The only thing is I don't know how the quality would be. As I mentioned above, I have a DC RF adapter, but the picture was "fuzzy" and overall not as clear as it was when I ran the DC through the vcr component input jacks.[/EDIT]