How do I input a television signal to a plasma screen display?
Plasma monitors do not come with built in tuners. An NTSC/ATSC television signal must be passed through a satellite box, cable box, HDTV receiver, VCR/VHS device, or an outboard tuning device. Most of these components offer an RF style cable input (what we think of as a cable connection). Signals are then passed to the plasma TV using the following connections:
From a satellite box an s-video cable is normally utilized.
From a cable box a composite RCA to RCA or RCA to BNC connection is used.
From an HDTV decoder box a 15 pin VGA to 15 pin VGA cable is normally used; though 3 cable component RCA to component RCA or BNC is also often an option.
From a VCR/VHS an RCA to RCA or BNC is normally used though S-video is better option if available on the VCR.
Optional decoders will have a mix of the above options.
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