How to hook up an old TV

I ramble on about using old TVs, technologies and go on whatever tangents I forgot to edit out.

Some very good educational videos I recommend watching:

Technology Connections:
How analog TV works:    • Lines of Light: How Analog Television...  
Compatible Color:    • Compatible Color: The Ultimate Three-...  
These are not Pixels:    • These Are Not Pixels: Revisited  

Captain Disillusion:
Interlacing:    • CD / Interlacing  
Frame Rate:    • CD / Frame Rate  
Aspect Ratio:    • CD / Aspect Ratio  

Cathode Ray Dude:
Why is your NES A TV Station?:    • Why Is Your NES A TV Station? (That's...  

Nostalgia Nerd:
Why is TV Static Monochrome?:    • Why is TV Static Monochrome? | Nostal...  

Card links from the video:
12" Black & White TV:    • 12" Black & White TV from 1987 | unbo...  
Analog TV Ghosting:    • Example of ghosting on analog TV  
VCR Connection Basics:    • VCR Basics - Connecting to a TV  
13" RCA Colotrak TV:    • RCA 13" ColorTrak TV from 1983 (Model...  
Sylvania Top-Load VCR (programming pushbutton tuner):    • 1983 Top-loading VCR - Part 1 (Sylvan...  

0:00 Intro
0:29 Twin Lead / 300 ohm
2:23 Coax / 75 Ohm
2:55 Matching Transformer / Balon
3:27 Channel Tuning - VHF vs UHF
5:37 Connecting a VCR Pt.1
7:32 Fine Tuning
8:44 Automatic Fine Tuning
9:08 TVs with Twin Lead and Coax
10:27 Cable TV vs Antenna/Normal Channels
11:32 Connecting a VCR Pt.2
12:02 Coax is still around!
12:30 Game Switch Adapters
14:06 Pushbutton / Varactor Diode Tuners (Slideshow)
15:44 Composite Video & RF Modulators
19:14 S-Video
20:18 Component Video
21:19 HDMI
24:12 Digital (Over-the-air) TV Tuner Box
26:55 Portable TVs / 3.5mm Antenna Connector
28:55 Outro