From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 11:40:09 PST
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 07:40:26PM +0100, Robert Benschop wrote:
> On 4-mrt-04, at 19:17, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> > 'Radio Frequency' probably. Meaning the device actually puts out an RF
> > NTSC broadcast on US channel 3 or 4, to be picked up by a television
> > tuner and displayed.
>
> That's what I figured, but it didn't make sense to me, is this
> something that's used in Europe at all, or is that 'just' a US thing?
It wouldn't surprise me to hear that they're rare in Europe. They're
only useful for old televisions that only have antenna connection,
without a video in jack of some kind, which is pretty primative
technology. They started to vanish about the same time that the old
Atari console video games were becoming passé.
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generator and/or render the standard-issue energy weapons useless--my
troops will not be overrun by a handful of savages armed with spears.
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