Re: AppleColor RGB and VCR?

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

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In article <8dnf9g$kvv$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul
Schlyter) wrote:


>In article <956218548.85071@inv.ihug.co.nz>,
>Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
> 
>> In article <8dlfui$19b$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul
>> Schlyter) wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <956138319.317663@inv.ihug.co.nz>,
>>> Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> SCART is a standard for interconnecting video devices, . It's been around
>>>> for a while (20 years?) but it's not very common.
>>> 
>>> WHAT?   Virtually every TV and VCR sold today have SCART connectors....
>> 
>> Depends where you live. I know it's common in Europe (possibly because it
>> was originally a European standard), but in New Zealand most TVs and videos
>> still don't have it, which is definitely a shame.
> 
>Well you can always import your TV sets from Europe.  You do use PAL,
>625 lines 50 frames/sec, don't you?
 

Yes we do. Most of the TVs sold in NZ are made in Asia (Japanese companies),
although Philips are common too. The US company RCA has only recently
started selling in NZ and I see they are boasting that their TVs have RGB
input (wow!) for use with DVD players, presumably via a SCART input.


>> From what I've heard it's even less common in the US.
> 
>OK.  Here there are even VCR's which send their output to only the SCART
>connector, i.e. if the TV lacks a SCART connector, it cannot be used on
>that VCR.


That shouldn't be a problem though if the VCR also puts out composite video
on the SCART output. Cables are available to connect them. I made one myself
to connect my VCR (RCA video and sound) to my TV (SCART).


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