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Insignia 37" LCD HDTV: Inputs/Outputs

2007-08-29hdtvsideview.jpgIt's not a particularly interesting picture, until you realize what you can't see: 37" of flat screen goodness. We'll be giving it to one lucky entrant through the giveaway we started this morning.

As for the ports shown on the left, there are 9 different input and output options.

At the top is the coaxial antenna jack, followed by an S/PDIF (optical digital audio) out jack, and then 2 HDMI input jacks.

An item to note: the "optical digital audio" means that you need to have a processor or Hi-fi system that accepts the S/PDIF to get the "full theater sound experience."

Near the middle is a VGA PIC (video) and audio input jack; from here you can connect a VGA interface, such as a computer, to the TV. Note that the quality of the picture on the TV is limited by the quality of the video card in the VGA source.

The lower half includes S-video, Video and Audio L/R jacks. You would connect your DVD player and/or VCR to these.

Comments (1)

If you look at the top of that picture you can see where the coax cable goes. This becomes a problem once you realize the plastic pieces this tv comes (which are meant to cover these inputs) don't have space to snake the cable up (the bottoms of the pieces are solid.

Here's a DIY for anybody with any Insignia TV:
-Grab a coping saw/jewelers saw, small file/sandpaper, and those plastic covers.
-Cut square pieces off the bottoms of the plastic covers and file/sand them smooth.
-Plug in your cables and then attach the plastic covers.
-Enjoy how it makes your setup look so much better!

Thhis allows you to keep the plastic covers on and looks 10,000 times more classy than having all of the cables sticking out.

(Did this with the 27inch LCD)

posted by Bill07 on 2007-09-06 12:49:51
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