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> European TVs, especially those in France, came with SCART connectors This is, as far as I can tell, an understatement - almost all TVs in europe offered SCAR
by rf15 2y ago
> European TVs, especially those in France, came with SCART connectors
This is, as far as I can tell, an understatement - almost all TVs in europe offered SCART ports, the standard just originated from france.
- ZFH 2y agoYes, SCART was for all of Europe. Mass adoption was kind of slow though, low end TV models often lacked the port well into the early 90s.
- actionfromafar 2y agoOlder TVs did obviously not have SCART, and it took a while after 1976 when SCART was created for it to be widespread. Also, a lot of cheaper TVs had only RF in, and a lot of smaller TVs had RF only or RF + composite input only, even in Europe.
- meindnoch 2y agoI've never seen anyone use the SCART port on their TV. Component video or S-Video was much more widespread.
- BlaDeKke 2y agoHere in Belgium almost everyone used scart cables for game consoles, vcr and dvd players. We had 2 scart input but 3 scart devices. PSX vcr and dvd. So we had to switch from time to time. There were even scart switches, but they all sucked.
- rvnx 2y agoAh least with a switch you wouldn't get electric shock while plugging-in the scart cable (which was a major issue for me, and not just static electricity).
- HeckFeck 2y agoGrowing up in the UK, everyone I knew used it for VCRs, DVD players and digiboxes. It always made a notable improvement over the RCA jacks, and I longed to get the SCART cable for my PS2 (never did). Famously bulky and stubborn with their wires joining the connectors at an aggressive 45° angle; I never had one go bad on me. I've read that it could even do HDTV in theory because it had YPbPr lines, but this was was never seriously attempted/rare in practice.
- MBCook 2y agoAs an American I never knew about it until it was mentioned one day on a forum on the internet I was reading. Other than the crazy size of the cable, seems like quite a big improvement over our random assortment of cables we went through over the years with composite -> s-video -> component.
- HeckFeck 2y agoIt remains fascinating to me that even today if we boarded flights to each other's countries, there are still many small things that would need explained. I would first be shocked to see the smaller two-pronged electrical plugs in the flesh. Then I might be in trouble with the law if I walk across a road. And finally lose my mind over the fact that asking for 'tea' gives me something else entirely!
- MBCook 2y agoThe fact that parts of Europe have a "freedom to roam" (if I remember the term correctly) is just insane to an American. How could you _not_ be trespassing?
- kalleboo 2y agoIn Sweden SCART was the default - your VHS deck or satellite TV box would come with a SCART cable. I don't think our 1995 TV even had composite or S-video ports, you had two SCART and RF[0]. For connecting up PCs or video cameras, we used a SCART to composite adapter plug (with a little switch to choose if it was in or out). [0] found a photo of a period TV, not specifically ours http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/5316953/640/5316953.jpg http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/5316953/640/5316953.jpg
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