{"id":7706,"date":"2015-11-17T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2015-11-09T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:46:11","slug":"amazon-firestick-on-an-old-tube-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/amazon-firestick-on-an-old-tube-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Firestick on an Old Tube TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNDPIor1_yE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d do a follow up to my CRT TV\/Converter box post. \u00a0I know a lot of readers, like me, \u00a0continue to use these great old TVs. \u00a0In fact, these are the only kind of television I have in my home studio. \u00a0I love &#8217;em! \u00a0They&#8217;re built like tanks, give you a great 480p picture, have some terrific stereo speakers&#8230;and the best part of all? \u00a0People are giving them away for free or asking very little in cash. \u00a0The hardest part is moving them because, yes, they can be quite heavy (especialy the 36-inch tubes). \u00a0But 20 bucks (or free) \u00a0for a TV is a terrific deal!<\/p>\n<p>Besides their weight and size, one of the other reasons some folks abandon these great old TVs is due to not being able to get a streaming device to work with it. \u00a0The absence of an HDMI input port is the main obstacle. \u00a0The only streaming device that comes to mind which can make the transition to an older TV is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00F5NB7MW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00F5NB7MW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=oneclilin-20&amp;linkId=JW7FQOB6RAVSNT27\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roku 2<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=oneclilin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00F5NB7MW\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. \u00a0It has the option to use HDMI (for newer HDTVs) or audio\/video output ports using cables to input to older TVs. \u00a0So, if you don&#8217;t have an HDMI port on the TV, you can use the AV cables.<\/p>\n<p>But, what happens if, this\u00a0Christmas, a family member gives you an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDQ0RMG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00GDQ0RMG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=oneclilin-20&amp;linkId=USKWN5BWXNOWBCJK\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Fire TV Stick<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=oneclilin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00GDQ0RMG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>? \u00a0Well, don&#8217;t run out and buy a $500.00 television just so you can use a $40.00 device. \u00a0There&#8217;s a very cost effective solution. \u00a0You see, this same thing happened to me. \u00a0My nephew Michael gave me, as a gift, an Amazon Firestick. \u00a0All I had at home was an older tube TV. \u00a0(Did I mention I really like these old CRTs?:))<\/p>\n<p>Well, Amazon came to the rescue with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00HLHR8QY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00HLHR8QY&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=oneclilin-20&amp;linkId=MJU2IXPUEH4UGXJA\" rel=\"nofollow\">Baitaihem HDMI to AV Composite RCA CVBS Video + Audio Signal Converter For TV <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=oneclilin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00HLHR8QY\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>! \u00a0The above video shows how easy it was to get it to work with my television set-up!<\/p>\n<p>(Please note: \u00a0My device was a different brand than the Baitahem. \u00a0But identical in every way.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d do a follow up to my CRT TV\/Converter box post. \u00a0I know a lot of readers, like me, \u00a0continue to use these great old TVs. \u00a0In fact, these are the only kind of television I have in my home studio. \u00a0I love &#8217;em! \u00a0They&#8217;re built like tanks, give you a great 480p [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1312,1311,1310,1313,77,1309],"class_list":["post-7706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-amazon","tag-firestick","tag-hdmi","tag-roku-2","tag-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7706"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7712,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7706\/revisions\/7712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}