“can I hook up a cable box and a dvd player to this tv?”
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later."dvd player": That topic can be quite the wide-angle to meaningfully vet/avoid buyer's remorse as there were many legacy equipment connectivity options and, as yet, available/viable contemporary hook-up combinations to be considered these days (if without or, otherwise, using additional hardware and/or adapters)... First, are your referring to standard-definition/SD DVD players (disseminating whether you're not casually/colloquially referring to BluRay/HD disc playback) and, possibly of consideration, whether equipped with an HDMI jack (and DVD player on-board 1080i upscaling?)?...More info regarding video output resolution below... More nuanced, if not HDMI, are you referring to DVD player analog-video connectivity options from the span of most DVD players' ubiquity? That is, to reference outputting YPbPr Component-video (Red+Green+Blue RCA-style video cabling) or, prior to that, when the first great leap of improved video-Q was S-video (and supported on DVD players longer because of its cheaper jack/cost-savings compared to YPbPr)? Those analog video options all greatly improved beyond the most basic (low-Q SD), Yellow composite video cable connection, if germane to your query. If above is germane - whether HDMI or [analog video options] - it may very well be applicable to find out what resolutions the TV will support via respective INPUT-channels (HDMI, in any case?) as that has fluctuated over the years and rarely was ever well-documented in marketing/sales advertisement info - pushing most who needed to know to seek out an owner's/operator's manual via 3rd-party (i.e., manualslib) or OEM manufacturers' sites to delve into their specifications section... If the non-HDMI, [analog video options] legacy support is germane to your query: I'm in the process of awaiting an answer I posted on a TCL TV on the site regarding the same, orange-colored, video "adapter" jack - seen on both these units' site images - whereas this Insignia's specific AV image, at this time, is seen between the 2 remote control images in its images lineup. If the answer comes to verify S-Video or YPbPr/Component analog-video support, that video "adapter" jack might open the gate to expanding into higher-Q analog-video connectivity (since the elimination of most/all on-board RCA jacks for cost-savings). In such a scenario, connecting of YPbPr/Red+Gren+Blue or S-Video cabling from DVD players would be facilitated by way of an included (with TV) or, otherwise, additionally-purchased AV adapter cable/dongle which adapted those OEM DVD pathways into a 3- or 4-conductor tip, headphone-style plug that would be received into these newer TVs, if equipped with that AV "adapter" jack (typically, orange-colored but ***not always gauranteed to support capabilities beyond Yellow cable composite into the noticeably higher-Q YPbPr/Red+Gren+Blue or S-Video signals/adapter dongles - thus, where applicable to avoid buyer's remorse, worth finding out if the "adapter" jack will support S-Video or YPbPr/Red+Gren+Blue signals even if one has such a dongle lying around***) If still germane, a worthy note: If setting the TV to upscale the SD video signals to any degree, video (and, also some cases, noticeably the audio) will begin to add lag/desync and whereas upscaling further/too much becomes even more adversarial to fast/twitch gaming if not also potentially showing up in audio and video desyncing of DVD movies, concerts, etc. There are, depending on DVD player make/model features, adjustments for such performance conundrums to enjoy ~classic media. For now, I'll be utilising a feature that many DVD players came to include - an onboard video upscaler output through HDMI - and making use of a DVD player-onboard, set-and-forget audio-video re-sync adjustment to ejnoy SD resolution music concert and movie DVDs (especially those releases for which HD/BluRay remasters lacked sharpness/ had botched money-grabs where they looked terrible compared to their SD DVD releases).... To those for whom it is germane to ~future-proof old AV gear connectivity (insofar as it can still operate and/or there's no better way that comes along to enjoy their media - more on that below...), I'm saving up for a Retrotink product - maybe the 4k model (there are other cheaper tiers and other stand-alone upscaler product solutions by other manufacturers that might also work for other readers' needs) - as a future-proof investment for any meaningful upscaling (eventually, 4k) that I foresee having in my home to plug-and-play extend the enjoyment of my ~retro, OEM-console gaming (primarily) and DVD playback (a close-following secondary). If you're finding any/all of this germane, it is unfortunate that this upfront research is the burden until current AI and other upscaling on-the-fly playback or video file upscale-converting tools become cheaper if not at least simplified for the average home viewer (many YT videos available showing HD and 4k software converting samples and with custom visuals enhancements to various SD-era TV series and movie media) That's the extent of my current understandings, as yet, and, regardless, whether any/all of my response was applicable to your query, at least it may have served to infill knowledge beyond if it were to become applicable for you and/or serve others reading the answers here. Best wishes.
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