# DVD/TV Cable question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136 "2015-06-10T02:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/1 "2015-06-10T02:20:34Z")
I have a DVD player that’s about 10 years old that I want to hook up to a TV that is about 15 years old. This would allow me to watch DVDs in my barn/workshop while I’m working on a project. 🙂 The TV has a standard, round, cable/antenna connector on the back and that’s it. The DVD has digital out, component video out and s-video out connectors… no HDMI. Is there a standard cable I can get that will allow me to connect the DVD player to the TV so that I can watch DVDs on this TV? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/2 "2015-06-10T03:28:01Z")
What is this with TV hookup questions? There is no good way to hook a video-only device to an antenna-only TV. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/3 "2015-06-10T03:43:59Z")
Only $12 at [Home Depot](http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Ultra-Pro-S-Video-RF-Modulator-87632/202698983). ETA: You probably could replace your TV with one that has s-video input for less than that though. Many people will give you their old CRT TVs, if you just come to pick it up–check Craigslist. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/4 "2015-06-10T03:58:08Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > What is this with TV hookup questions? > > There is no good way to hook a video-only device to an antenna-only TV. Except to get an [RF Modulator](http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Compact-RF-Modulator-CRF907R/dp/B0014KKV7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433908602&sr=8-1&keywords=rf+modulator). So, yeah, super easy way. Best Buy, Radio Shack, Home Depot, Lowes etc probably all have them in stock. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/5 "2015-06-10T12:03:04Z")
The RF modulator doesn’t have much to do . Svideo won’t give a better picture, as the colour will have to be modulated into the B&W signal , to be the same as composite video … The sound is modulated to FM, and then all that is shifted up to a transmitter frequency … so the signal arrives as the TV as if it was picked up by an antenna. ---
**Author:** ![AdamF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/adamf/32/6246_2.png) [@AdamF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdamF)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-tv-cable-question/722136/6 "2015-06-10T16:22:24Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > Only $12 at [Home Depot](http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Ultra-Pro-S-Video-RF-Modulator-87632/202698983). My VHS has the same capability, so if you happen to have one …