Looking for some thoughts and advice from the video geniuses here. I bought a couple mid-century TVs and plan to collect a bunch of digital files of tv shows, commercials, etc and be able to play it all on a loop when the TV's are on. Have it as a statement piece in the room. There are a million ways to skin this cat, so I wanted ideas on the most reasonable approach to accomplish this.
So one question, two issues I'm mulling over:
The first solve is the most reasonable way to convert what will probably be an HDMI signal to a two pronged antenna terminal. I know I can get a series of converters and work down the chain from modern HDMI down, but what is the most reasonable option that is cheap enough and clean.
The second is can anybody recommend a device that will play the video files. Looking for a cheap, low profile solid state device solution I can leave on 24/7. Would also need to output in a full screen format so I am not getting black bars on the top and bottom. Would a pi or cheap media player like this do the trick? I am not going to be actually interfacing with the video, mostly needs function to plays videos at on a loop, bonus points if it shuffles videos.
This is one I had in mind.
https://www.amazon.com/Micca-Full-HD-Portable-Digital-Player/dp/B008NO9RRM