View Full Version : Now that all TV is digital broadcast, can the Turbo Vision do anything anymore?
Urzu402
06-12-2013, 04:56 PM
The Turbo Vision is the TV tuner adaptor for the Turbo Express, (Portable Turbografx 16). It has 2 ports on it, one says A/V and the other is EXT A/VT. I assume one is a video out and the other is a video in. But I don't know what type of connector plugs into it.
The Adventurer
06-12-2013, 05:23 PM
Pretty sure the Turbovision and the Game Gear TV adapters are effectively useless now that TV broadcast is digital and not analog.
CRTGAMER
06-12-2013, 08:56 PM
I live in southern CA near the border of Mexico. There are a couple of US TV stations that broadcast analog from there, though this does not offer that many.
Urzu402
06-12-2013, 10:07 PM
Pretty sure the Turbovision and the Game Gear TV adapters are effectively useless now that TV broadcast is digital and not analog.
Well, I was more wondering about the A/V ports it has.
offthechartsvideogames
06-14-2013, 07:34 PM
Pat from Pat's retro reviews and the Planet Arbitrary podcast "Play On" claimed that you could hook AV into the turbo express through the tuner and use it as a TV screen. There is a video on YouTube of a dude playing his XBox 360 through a GameGear. It uses the same premise.
wiggyx
06-14-2013, 08:44 PM
Yeah, they have A/V inputs. Hook up whatever you want and watch/play on a shitty screen. If you really want to watch TV or play games on a 3" screen, then it makes more sense to grab a cheap back-up camera LCD on eBay and just use that instead. Better LCD, less crap to deal with, better battery life (if you wanna hook it up that way).
I believe both use a 1/4" mini plug. You'll need a coax-to-mini plug pigtail to hook anything up to it.