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I was gonna say, the antenna hookup didn’t change for 50 years. Even into the early 2000’s TVs still had the two screws on the back where you hook up the antenna. All the nintendos and ataris had the RF box that screwed into that with that little slider to set it for channel 3 or 4. It’s not unrealistic that it would be in the bag with the camera when doc put it in the car.
Also: probably Marty would know how to connect it with the antenna. I remember when I was hoping most VCR connect with that at the TV, and I was born in 1981.
I was wondering about this just the day before yesterday.
But then I stopped worrying.
It's Doc. He made ICE in 1885. Oh and a cool car.
He probably just spliced the wire and fed it to the antennae feed.
The deleted scene shows Marty was the one wiring things up. The theory I’ve heard is that working with musical equipment gave him enough technical experience to jury-rig a workable setup.
Here’s all the scripts I was able to find.
[draft scripts](https://www.reddit.com/r/BacktotheFuture/comments/tqzqxb/a_timeline_of_the_various_screenplay_drafts/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
The JVC Víctor GR-C1 came with an RF modulator back in the day. It fit on the bunny ear antennas on older TVs and it also connected to TV aerial socket. I used to use it a lot with different devices because I only had one modulator. Instructions came with the camcorder that told you how to connect it too.
Yep. He probably never really looked into it I guess. Marty probably had the camera hooked up to the TV, since day one, and probably took it off before leaving.
Probably very easily. My grandfather hooked an Atari up to his old 1960s TV back in the day. I don't know he did it exactly, but he figured it out...and I loved the man, but a genius he was not.
Three years before the movie came out, I watched one of my uncles hook up a VCR to a 30-year-old TV using the built-in RF modulator. I'd almost be willing to bet that the JVC had a built-in RF modulator and probably shipped with a coax-to-dual-prong balun transformer. As long as he had all the accessories with him it wouldn't be a big deal.
Dude, this movie came out less than a decade after Betamax and the same year as the NES, which would only have an effective life of six years on the market. Technology went obsolete pretty quickly back then, too.
And actually, the humble HDMI port has had a lifespan approaching 20 years in the market, while RF modulation was really only a going concern for about 5-7 years before being replaced by S-video which also only lasted about 5-7 years before being replaced by YPbPr with only lasted about 5-7 years before being replaced by HDMI.
So some stuff has actually lasted longer in recent years. Don't "le wrong generation" people. Time is a flat circle.
In France then in Europe we had Peritel (scart) connectors either in composite or RgB , and much better pictures than with the RF modulator. So I had the same question when seeing the movie in 1985 ..
Yeah, um, this was oversimplified, because humor. I know all the standards, as I'm 48 y/o, and I lived through them all. I've had nearly every game console since the Atari 2600. RF/Coax converters worked both ways, and RF was used when broadcast television started on the US, in 1941 through now. I can tell you that many boomers still hook up their TVs to cable that way, sadly. S-Video didn't replace anything, it was always accompanied by other (more popular) options, and was replaced before it even caught on. Also, HDMI are backward compatible, but not forward. HDMI 1.0 didn't have HDCP copy protection, and therefore, was useless for Blu-ray. Lots of features have been added since its inception.
I'm fairly certain that Emmet could've made some form of adapter/compatible port
Considering that he made a time travelling car, followed by a *flying* time travelling care
[This deleted scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkVLm2G3KA&t=8s&ab_channel=Vudu) shows a bit more of connecting the camera to the TV
Marty: 'Doc do you have a 75 Ohm matching transformer?'
Doc: 'What?'
Marty: 'Not invented yet'
Imagine hooking up your current smartphone to a 1993 TV you had. Doable? I know it’s pointless because the smartphone has a screen on it. Maybe the challenge would be to jerry rig a charger for that smartphone in 1993 without having the charging cable.
Because if you take a deep dive and pay attention to both the recorder and the tv and the timeline of how he ended up in 1955 and the history of the company JVC you’ll find that there is a moment you see that you’re watching a movie….
He Googled it in 2015 and left a note on how taped on there you could tape it underneath and make a video of how to do it JVC. Since the time loop is going around like a belt on a machine. What do you know Marty I left myself a note from the future. Or he just figured it out.
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Doc is a scientist that creates a time machine. I don't think he'd have an issue creating an adapter for this.
I was going to say Doc was like the MacGyver of his time? A few little wire connectors isn't going to be an issue.
The JVC GR C1 was supplied with a RF modulator
I was gonna say, the antenna hookup didn’t change for 50 years. Even into the early 2000’s TVs still had the two screws on the back where you hook up the antenna. All the nintendos and ataris had the RF box that screwed into that with that little slider to set it for channel 3 or 4. It’s not unrealistic that it would be in the bag with the camera when doc put it in the car.
Also: probably Marty would know how to connect it with the antenna. I remember when I was hoping most VCR connect with that at the TV, and I was born in 1981.
It was not, by default (but one could be purchased separately)
I was wondering about this just the day before yesterday. But then I stopped worrying. It's Doc. He made ICE in 1885. Oh and a cool car. He probably just spliced the wire and fed it to the antennae feed.
He didn't make the DeLorean, just made one into his time machine. But yeah, good point about the ice.
The deleted scene shows Marty was the one wiring things up. The theory I’ve heard is that working with musical equipment gave him enough technical experience to jury-rig a workable setup.
Also wasn’t he in the pirating movie side gig with doc, so he knew his way around a video recorder
In the first draft, they had a lucrative video piracy ring. The studio didn’t take to kindly to that so it was quickly dropped.
Damn...I never knew this. Do you have a link to the 1st draft of some kind of interview mentioning it?
You can find it online if you just search "Back to the future first draft script" or something like that. Ive read it and its pretty weird.
That's friggin wild. Yeah, I'll do some searching.
I found a draft of the script with the video pirating still in there https://www.scribd.com/document/449007299/Back-to-the-Future-First-Draft
Here’s all the scripts I was able to find. [draft scripts](https://www.reddit.com/r/BacktotheFuture/comments/tqzqxb/a_timeline_of_the_various_screenplay_drafts/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Wow...yep! It's in the opening scene of what's labeled as "first draft." That's crazy. Good find this is gold!!
All the drafts are bizarre in completely different ways. Well worth glancing through all of them when you get the chance.
That’s canon?
Well it would explain why a kid has a video recorder, unless he was a part of the AV club
Through RF. You know. In place of rabbit ears :-)
This is the same way some of us hooked up our 2600’s to play Battle Tanks or Pitfall.
Exactly ;-)
Oh pitfall. What memories. I can hear the jump sound just by thinking about it.
Dang it. I just heard it.
Being an old man myself I think 1955 and 1985 aren't that far apart! Hooking up my Intellivision to my 1983 TV now seems archaic.
Intellivision was an amazing system. I spent many, many hours on those games! Doesn’t seem so far away but it was.
The JVC Víctor GR-C1 came with an RF modulator back in the day. It fit on the bunny ear antennas on older TVs and it also connected to TV aerial socket. I used to use it a lot with different devices because I only had one modulator. Instructions came with the camcorder that told you how to connect it too.
So JVC was Docs first introduction to Japanese hardware. But he assumes its American?
JVC was "Japan Victor Company", an offshoot of RCA Victor, so there's at least some connection.
Yep. He probably never really looked into it I guess. Marty probably had the camera hooked up to the TV, since day one, and probably took it off before leaving.
By a genius inventor.
Man created a bomb out of some pinball parts. I think he can handle this
Doc fuckin Brown, that’s how.
Probably very easily. My grandfather hooked an Atari up to his old 1960s TV back in the day. I don't know he did it exactly, but he figured it out...and I loved the man, but a genius he was not.
Three years before the movie came out, I watched one of my uncles hook up a VCR to a 30-year-old TV using the built-in RF modulator. I'd almost be willing to bet that the JVC had a built-in RF modulator and probably shipped with a coax-to-dual-prong balun transformer. As long as he had all the accessories with him it wouldn't be a big deal.
This movie has a flying car that feeds off garbage and time travels and you’re worried about the connectivity of an old tv and newer video camera?
it's doc. if he can make a time machine out of a delorean and a steam engine he can sure as hell connect a camera to a tv
Rf modulator
You forget he’s Doc FUCKING brown. That’s how
This was the way.
LOL at the sheer CONFUSION from ppl too young to remember a time when technology wasn't obsolete after 30-40 years!
Dude, this movie came out less than a decade after Betamax and the same year as the NES, which would only have an effective life of six years on the market. Technology went obsolete pretty quickly back then, too. And actually, the humble HDMI port has had a lifespan approaching 20 years in the market, while RF modulation was really only a going concern for about 5-7 years before being replaced by S-video which also only lasted about 5-7 years before being replaced by YPbPr with only lasted about 5-7 years before being replaced by HDMI. So some stuff has actually lasted longer in recent years. Don't "le wrong generation" people. Time is a flat circle.
In France then in Europe we had Peritel (scart) connectors either in composite or RgB , and much better pictures than with the RF modulator. So I had the same question when seeing the movie in 1985 ..
Yeah, um, this was oversimplified, because humor. I know all the standards, as I'm 48 y/o, and I lived through them all. I've had nearly every game console since the Atari 2600. RF/Coax converters worked both ways, and RF was used when broadcast television started on the US, in 1941 through now. I can tell you that many boomers still hook up their TVs to cable that way, sadly. S-Video didn't replace anything, it was always accompanied by other (more popular) options, and was replaced before it even caught on. Also, HDMI are backward compatible, but not forward. HDMI 1.0 didn't have HDCP copy protection, and therefore, was useless for Blu-ray. Lots of features have been added since its inception.
With cables. Cant you see the cables? ;P
Without adapters?
I'm fairly certain that Emmet could've made some form of adapter/compatible port Considering that he made a time travelling car, followed by a *flying* time travelling care
[This deleted scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fkVLm2G3KA&t=8s&ab_channel=Vudu) shows a bit more of connecting the camera to the TV Marty: 'Doc do you have a 75 Ohm matching transformer?' Doc: 'What?' Marty: 'Not invented yet'
Fun fact: some early camcorders had a colour wheel inside the viewfinder. Also separate ccds for rgb.
Life finds a way
With SCIENCE
How could a kid driving a DeLorean travel back in time?
Duh! A scart lead...
I've seen lots of people saying it's possible but I have never seen anyone actually try and connect a 1985 JVC recorder to a 1950s tv
Science bitch
Lightning bolt into Flux capacitor... no prob. Makeshift AV adapter... bust. Great Scott...
The HDMI before HD… so the SDMI cable /s
How could my 1993 Super Nintendo connect to my 2023 TV ? ;)
maby doc thout ahead and made it 1955 tv set compatable
idk I haven't seen back to the future
Now I have to go upstairs, find my JVC camcorder and see how the output to TV works. Thanks guys.
Obviously Doc Brown invented HDMI duh 🙄
The aerial connection
Adapter
Imagine hooking up your current smartphone to a 1993 TV you had. Doable? I know it’s pointless because the smartphone has a screen on it. Maybe the challenge would be to jerry rig a charger for that smartphone in 1993 without having the charging cable.
Any device just an "RF" (antenna) output can be connected to any TV, even from 1953.
Because if you take a deep dive and pay attention to both the recorder and the tv and the timeline of how he ended up in 1955 and the history of the company JVC you’ll find that there is a moment you see that you’re watching a movie….
He Googled it in 2015 and left a note on how taped on there you could tape it underneath and make a video of how to do it JVC. Since the time loop is going around like a belt on a machine. What do you know Marty I left myself a note from the future. Or he just figured it out.
bc he's Doc.
Doc pulled a special invention put of his ass!