Re: AppleColor RGB and VCR?

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

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In article <956040120.509120@chakotay.ncc74656.org>,
salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org (Scott Alfter) wrote:

>In article <jonINTERNETrelayCHAT-0504002100160001@nn-157-22-180-148.napanet.net>,
>Jon Bettencourt <jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet> wrote:
>>Does anybody have a pinout for S-Video? Is S-Video the same as a scart
>>connector?
>
>Never heard of "scart."  S-video uses a mini-DIN-4 connector (same type as
>ADB).

SCART is a standard for interconnecting video devices, . It's been around
for a while (20 years?) but it's not very common. SCART uses a 21 pin
connector and carries RGB video (at 15kHz, same as the IIgs) in one
direction as well as composite video and stereo audio in both directions,
plus a few control signals. You can use the same cable to interconnect two
video recorders or to connect a video player to a display. I made up a cable
to connect my NTSC-format IIgs to my PAL-format TV. Using the RGB input on
the TV means I don't have to worry about the incompatible video formats.

Most of the more expensive DVD players, VCRs, big screen TVs and home
theater amps have SCART connectors in addition to the more common RCA
sockets for audio and video. The exception seems to be my cheap Transonic
20" (made in China, sold by The Warehouse) which has a SCART connector
_instead_ of the more common RCA sockets.

http://whatis.com/scartcon.htm has a good description of SCART.

Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws
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