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TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! (media.piefed.world)
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[โ€“] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do you happen to remember any of the brands/types?

[โ€“] agedcorn@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

They were referred to as DTA's - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_adapter

You'll still require a means of amplifying and broadcasting the converted signal if you need true OTA but this gets you an analog RF signal (NTSC in the US) from a DTV broadcast.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could take the output of the DTA and feed it to signal booster/amplifier with an antenna on the output and get short range OTA broadcast. Just know your laws on allowed output power.