Re: AppleColor RGB and VCR?

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

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 told today have SCART connectors....
 
> 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.
 
Interesting -- I have a similar experience on B&W TV sets: a "european"
625-line TV set can usually be made to sync on an "american" 525-line
video signal.
 
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