Now that all TV is digital broadcast, can the Turbo Vision do anything anymore?

[Urzu402]

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]

Pretty sure the Turbovision and the Game Gear TV adapters are effectively useless now that TV broadcast is digital and not analog.

[CRTGAMER]

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]

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]

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]

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.