VAMP: TV to Monitor Kit

Author(s): Dennis Jurries
Pub Details: Time Designs Magazine v1 n4 (Volume 1, Issue 4)
Date: May/June 1985
Pages: 16

If you want to get rid of un-wanted lines, and improve your TV picture without paying over $200, then this conversion kit is for you.

I sent $39 to VAMP Inc., and 10 days later I received a package containing a circuit board, a package containing resistors, capacitors, and a few other parts, along with an eight page instruction manual with schematics. After a couple hours of assembling the PC board and mounting a TV/monitor switch, and the PC board…I was ready to make the circuit/TV connections.

Next, I went out and paid $8.50 for a Sams Photofact, for my model of TV (Sanyo). The instruction manual tells where, and shows typical examples of where to make the connections. I would still recommend that you either have experience with TV’s or know someone who has, and will help you with this part of the project. I made three wrong connections before getting it right.

The final result is a color monitor/TV with a picture every bit as good as that of a dedicated new monitor, for a total of approximately $48 and a few hours labor.

You can obtain the TV To Monitor Conversion Kit from: VAMP Inc., PO Box 411, Los Angeles, CA, 90028.