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>Instead, they had VGA (by far superior to SCART for RGB signals) and component (better for native YPbPr/YCbCr, such as most consoles used). Couple of issue wi

>Instead, they had VGA (by far superior to SCART for RGB signals) and component (better for native YPbPr/YCbCr, such as most consoles used). Couple of issue with your ranty statement from an European: 1) Vast majority of CRT TVs(not monitors) didn't have VGA input, neither component, the cheaper ones at least. The more premium and higher end CRT TVs did have component but almost nobody had them here where I grew up in the 90's and early 2000s. 2) Even in the EU SCART, while being present on most devices, was rarely used, and by far the most used video connector on TVs here and worldwide was the famous yellow RCA Composite video connector which was crap and SCART was definitely way better than that. But Americans shouldn't feel bad they missed out on SCART since there they mostly used the S-Video alternative which was relatively similar to SCART in quality.

deaddodo 2y ago
> Vast majority of CRT TVs(not monitors) didn't have VGA input, neither component, the cheaper ones at least. Correct, because most devices going into a television didn't operate on RGB (outside of game consoles). Thus the preference for Component. It was certainly available, but exceedingly rare. And the rare people who did have them and a Dreamcast got the absolute best quality. > The more premium and higher end CRT TVs did have component but almost nobody had them here where I grew up in the 90's and early 2000s. I'm assuming you grew up in Europe, which is kind of the whole point, isn't it? Component was widely available on non-budget television brands/lines in the US. You could grab a component cable for anything from PS2/GameCube/Xbox on, and S-Video for the majority before that (common with PSX and Saturn). Obviously the majority of Americans ran it through RF or composite, since that was just simpler and cheaper. But if you wanted high quality configurations, the options were all there for you outside of "superior" SCART.
jeroenhd 2y ago
> Even in the EU SCART, while being present on most devices, was rarely used Funny, that's not what I remember at all. Anything I've ever seen plugged into a TV as a kid used a scart connector, in some cases through an RCA-to-scart converter (like video cameras and such). All VHS and DVD players I've seen hooked up definitely outputed over SCART, although they may very well have used the composite pins that were present within the SCART connector. I've never seen a CRT with a VGA input, just monitors.
roelschroeven 2y ago
Your experience with SCART doesn't match mine: in my experience before the arrival of HDMI, SCART was used almost exclusively for connecting VHS recorders and DVD players.

deaddodo 2y ago

> Vast majority of CRT TVs(not monitors) didn't have VGA input, neither component, the cheaper ones at least. Correct, because most devices going into a television didn't operate on RGB (outside of game consoles). Thus the preference for Component. It was certainly available, but exceedingly rare. And the rare people who did have them and a Dreamcast got the absolute best quality. > The more premium and higher end CRT TVs did have component but almost nobody had them here where I grew up in the 90's and early 2000s. I'm assuming you grew up in Europe, which is kind of the whole point, isn't it? Component was widely available on non-budget television brands/lines in the US. You could grab a component cable for anything from PS2/GameCube/Xbox on, and S-Video for the majority before that (common with PSX and Saturn). Obviously the majority of Americans ran it through RF or composite, since that was just simpler and cheaper. But if you wanted high quality configurations, the options were all there for you outside of "superior" SCART.

jeroenhd 2y ago

> Even in the EU SCART, while being present on most devices, was rarely used Funny, that's not what I remember at all. Anything I've ever seen plugged into a TV as a kid used a scart connector, in some cases through an RCA-to-scart converter (like video cameras and such). All VHS and DVD players I've seen hooked up definitely outputed over SCART, although they may very well have used the composite pins that were present within the SCART connector. I've never seen a CRT with a VGA input, just monitors.

roelschroeven 2y ago

Your experience with SCART doesn't match mine: in my experience before the arrival of HDMI, SCART was used almost exclusively for connecting VHS recorders and DVD players.