The power definitely works (like the seller turned it on for me not) but it didnt come with cables. I resigned myself to the idea that this might be a small waste of money, worth it for a decent chance at being able to watch physical media.
I do have a pdf of the user manual. A cursory amount of internet searching has taught me that my (non-smart) TV has the type of component ports which are also compatible with composite input (which the DVD player has), marked Y/V on the TV. I figure before i buy a 7 dollar composite cable, tho, I should ask cohost's older-tech fans if thats the optimal solution to connecting these two. It seems to be the intended solution as far as the TV manufacturer goes, but would i be better off in some way getting an hdmi or composite-to-component adapter, or some other solution i havent thought of?
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My TV also has 2 HDMI ports, but no S-Video that i can find, which is the other option the DVD player offers. The DVD player is an Apex Digital AD - 1100W, no HD or anything as far as i can tell. The TV is a Sharp LCD TV. My cat is preventing me from getting up right now to get the exact model number but if you want it, comment and ill post it later. I'm mainly concerned about reliability/whether it works, and as a secondary concern if another solution would have better picture without being much more expensive i'd be willing to try that. Thanks!
Seemed like a good bet that someone would have one laying around