Connecting DVD to a 20yr old UK TV

[Judith]

Our TV is approx 20 yrs old (Pal) and has only a coax aerial input - question, is it possible (and if so how) to connect a DVD player to it.  DVD players seem to come with a variety of outputs (peritel, RCA, S-video etc) all of which mean nothing to me. Can anybody help - we don't need to replace the TV as it still works OK, the video still works through it and we don't really want / need to watch Fr TV at this point!

[Eslier]

Unless your dvd player has an RF out connection (aerial socket) then you won't be able to connect it straight to the tv. If, however, your vhs player has a scart input on it - which it probably has - then you should be able to connect the dvd player to the vhs player and the vhs player to the tv which should work.

[Judith]

Eslier

Thanks - I am writing this in London, the equipment is in France (with hubby), I will need to ask him - though the video is certainly newer than the TV, as it was replaced perhaps 5 years ago, who knows what that has, so, meanwhile, any other ideas also gratefully rec'd!

[Albert the InfoGipsy]

You can also get a separate box (called an RF modulator) that lets you plug a scart in and get a radio frequency (RF) feed out that you can link directly to your TV aerial socket.

Here's the first one I found via Google.

http://www.threedoubleyou.com/rfmodulators.htm