TV Tuner for 575?

[TAMFan]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a TV tuner (ideally RCA based) for the LC575?

I'm familiar with the LC630 / Performa 580 boards, which had the TV add-on available, but haven't been able to find anything concrete about the 575. I am hoping to run a video feed into a 575 and have it display in Apple Video Player (or similar third-party?) Curious what options might be out there.

Thanks!

 

[TAMFan]

I'll just add a bit of context: in my prior (limited) research, it seemed like the Performa/LC 630 was the first desktop (aside from the dedicated Macintosh TV) to have a video in / tuner card. And it was a card specific to that model range - not LC or PDS, but a card + expansion slot specifically designed for that one purpose. Later A/V models had boards built-in, and later 63xx series switched to the PowerPC video I/O card... Is that maybe PCI?

Anyways... that meant things looked bleak for the Performa/LC 575 which came out one generation prior... but I'm no expert, and the writing on this topic seemed kinda thin. I'm just taking a long-shot here and hoping someone with more in-depth knowledge on the 575 and similar hardware might have a wildcard answer

 

[pizzigri]

I have a few of these A/V-in cards, coming from various 6200-6500 Macs and one from a 5400. They are all similar, with a Philips chip, and even though mine are all the same, there are at least two versions, one with a large connector (for the PCI based Avid card, optional in the system) and one with a smaller option connector. Both can drive either TV or TV/Radio tuners. The card has its own dedicated slot on the LB that I think started with the 630. The harness with all the flat cables provides the connection with the tuner - and this is not available on the 575 because its LB has the smaller edge connector.
so I think, short of a super rare and unknown LC-PDS card - I don’t even think it exists - no TV is available for the 575.....

 

[Phipli]

Only one I can see on eBay atm is over priced :

Apple 820-0567-04 PowerPC Video Card 820-0567-0A 820-0567-A - Can't Test - As Is | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Apple 820-0567-04 PowerPC Video Card 820-0567-0A 820-0567-A - Can't Test - As Is at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

 

[pizzigri]

Yeah that’s the one! it only works for the 630-6500 and 54-5500 range of machines
but its not so bad, 56$, about 52 euro, sure then there’s shipping....

 

[pizzigri]

Cheapest I’ve ever seen these is 25 Euro, apart from the occasional 5 euro sold as scrap from some obscure website that has no idea what it is

 

[Phipli]

https://buyee.jp/item/search/query/820-0567

 

[Phipli]

Yeah that’s the one! it only works for the 630-6500 and 54-5500 range of machines
but its not so bad, 56$, about 52 euro, sure then there’s shipping....

They work in 630s too.

Edit : Don't know how I missed you said that. Too early.

 

[Coloruser]

One of the few cards I remember to work in such 475/575 machines is the LC PDS based Supermac Spigot. Very rare to find. Here is a review: https://tidbits.com/1992/04/20/videospigot-review/

Unfortunately, that’s a video in-card and no TV card. But it had a sibbling, the Simply TV card. Never seen one of those in the wild.

There is also the NTSC Tuner Card for the Macintosh TV. Seems almost as rare as the Simply TV card.

 

[TAMFan]

Only one I can see on eBay atm is over priced :

Apple 820-0567-04 PowerPC Video Card 820-0567-0A 820-0567-A - Can't Test - As Is | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Apple 820-0567-04 PowerPC Video Card 820-0567-0A 820-0567-A - Can't Test - As Is at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

I actually purchased the second-to-last one that seller was offering - they did respond to "best offers"

 

[TAMFan]

Yeah that’s the one! it only works for the 630-6500 and 54-5500 range of machines
but its not so bad, 56$, about 52 euro, sure then there’s shipping....

Great! That one was listed as PowerPC so I took a gamble on it to use in a 6400 board-swapped project... but if it works in 68K boards too (630 and 580) that's amazing!

 

[TAMFan]

One of the few cards I remember to work in such 475/575 machines is the LC PDS based Supermac Spigot. Very rare to find. Here is a review: https://tidbits.com/1992/04/20/videospigot-review/

Unfortunately, that’s a video in-card and no TV card. But it had a sibbling, the Simply TV card. Never seen one of those in the wild.

There is also the NTSC Tuner Card for the Macintosh TV. Seems almost as rare as the Simply TV card.

THANK YOU!

It seems like the Spigot is what I'm after!

It sounds like I could probably see a video in signal using their (rudimentary) capture app.

Funnily enough, I can see based on browsing history that the "Simply TV" came up during my initial research, but seems like it was video OUT only... and also unobtanium at this point... https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...3/bytes/a0f1c038-9c1a-4fb4-a6ca-ae1af0d0ef43/