With DVD the best way is to shut it off in the player. Only a few players can do this. For over the air, Its possible to use an external tuner (I am doing that anyway) and run it through some kind of blanking device. Do you build stuff? If so, this looks promising. I have one, but haven't built it yet.
http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=6753
You might even be able to put it inside the set, if composite video exists somewhere in there.
Anyway, good luck
John
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