TSGL: Watching mini dv tapes on TV

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Kathryn....

You won't find it.

Mini DV is a digital format thus it will not be 
compatible with VHS which is analog. The gadget you 
remember used VHS-C (compact) tapes. The camera 
recorded it in VHS format thus the adapter could be 
used for viewing in a full size VHS Vcr.

If your TV input jacks are in the back rather then the 
front, I would get an audio-video Male to Female 
extension cable (Three RCA connectors usually colored 
Yellow (Video), Red (Right audio channel) and White 
(Left audio channel). Then you can connect from the 
front. If your TV input jacks are already being used 
you can get an auidio/video switch to connect 2 or more 
items to the same input jacks.

Take your camera and cables to a radio shack and 
they'll advise you.

Bob

Kathryn Bassett wrote:
> I've tried googling a few phrases but I'm not finding what I'm looking for. Isn't there some sort of vhs sized thing that the mini dv tapes go into so you can play the mini dv tape in your vhs machine?
> 
> I just got a used camcorder that uses the mini dv tapes, and I don't want to go to the hassle of hooking the camera up to the tv if I can avoid it. I vaguely remember my mother using a similar device several years ago with an older style camcorder. Don't know if her tapes were mini dv or something else, but I know she had some sort of adapter.
> 
> So, can someone give me a url to what I'm looking for so I can google places to buy them?
> 
> --
> Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
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