Connect Apple TV to standard - non flat screen non HD TV??????
Has anyone connected their Apple TV to a bog standard CRT style TV?????
Please tell me how?? ..... Before I invest
If you have the basement bog standard crt, you will watch squashed pictures in black and white.
If you have a middle bog standard crt that allows 16:9 to be played at proper resolution, you will watch in black and white.
If you have the other middle bog standard crt that has component, your squashed picture will be in colour.
If you have the top bog standard crt with component and allows 16:9 to be played at proper resolution, then your laughing, provided your happy with 480/576i.
There are some tricks and some tricky boxes that can help out, but it generally involves some messin' and an appearance of your wallet at some tricky store.
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