TV/Coaxial Cable Question

[Abe Sargent]

I just tore the coaxial cable socket from my TV this morning. I can't a signal to it anymore. It's hanging from a wire.

So I'm hoping I have people here who know enough about this stuff to help me. Is there a thing that I can get that I can plug a coaxial cable from the wall into, and then convert it to cords that my TV can take?

In order words, is there a different way to get my coaxial cable from the wall to my TV that dodges the coaxial socket in the back. Thanks!

[BillJasper]

VCR?

[Abe Sargent]

I don't own any units, just the cord from the wall.

Or are yiou suggesting that a VCR would work? The old school ones?

[gstelmack]

What other inputs do you have on your TV? One option is to have a cable box from your cable company, run the coax into it, and then run HDMI or a different input from the cable box into the TV. That likely requires upgrading to whatever digital package your provider has. Or, if you were on TWC, they would already have foisted some sort of box on you, as they have gone all-digital.

Old school VCRs could certainly do analog cable tuning as well. Or something like one of these:

Amazon.com: cable tv tuner (http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acable%20tv%20tuner)

[Abe Sargent]

I don't have a cable box. (On campus in a res hall)

My TV was just purchased last summer, so it has all of the normal stuff that modern tvs have for connection. HDMI, AV stuff, etc

[BillJasper]

I don't own any units, just the cord from the wall.

Or are yiou suggesting that a VCR would work? The old school ones?

I know that pre-digital switchover, a VCR would work fine for your problem.

EDIT: I definitely think you'll need a VCR with an internal tuner as you won't be able to access the TV's tuner via the composite (yellow) input. You might also be able to get a digital tuner box, but make sure it has composite a/v.

[kcchief19]

If you connect the coax from the wall to the VCR, the VCR becomes your tuner. You'd always have to have the VCR on to watch TV. Just connect the VCR to one of your other inputs, most likely an RCA type plug.

I think that's about your only option. A switcher box or converter would not work since the coax needs to connect directly to a tuner.

Fixing it may not be as hard as you think. Radio Shack should carry the replacement parts you need, just need to wire it up. But obviously working with TVs is always tricky.

[stevew]

Fix it with solder or buy like a TIVo from eBay. Your options are sadly limited.

[ISiddiqui]

Well, a digital converter should work, I'd think? Coax to converter and then use HDMI from there?

[gstelmack]

See post #4.