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Why is Scart all the rage these days?
Ok, so consoles with Scart connections have a clearer picture than even composite leads, and they are easy to plug in. I know that most TVs even switch over automatically to the signal from Scart when a console is turned on and the output is in Stereo, allowing for Dolby Surround. The REAL reason I hate Scart at the moment is the damn incompatibility issue.
I've had several TVs and I'm fairly proud of my Widescreen Sony at the moment. I already had an N64, Dreamcast and Saturn to play on it too. When it came to plugging these in, though, it tested me to the limit.
My Dreamcast prefers one Scart socket on the back of the TV, it just doesn't like the other one at all. My Video, on the other hand, prefers the other socket. All well and good. My N64, I find, will be happy on either. That's three plugs for two sockets, but then my video has an input too, great. So I'm all sorted.
Then along comes the Saturn.
The Saturn will work on either Scart, which is fine, but pluging the thing in all the time is a nono. I buy a multi-scart socket and plug the Dreamcast and N64 in there and the Saturn in the video, all well and good so far. Right, now I remember that I have a DVD player with another Scart socket. It can't go through the video, so in it goes with the other two Scarts from the consoles.
Turning the DVD on, I notice a nice green hue appear across the screen, flicker, then repeat the pattern. I try and pull the Dreamcast plug out, but it doesn't make any difference, so I put it back and try the N64. The flickering stops and the screen is as clear as a bell. So now, when I want to watch a DVD, I have to take the N64 plug out of the multi Scart socket. hm.
Later on I come home from Spain with a Playstation 2. Nice, but it has yet another Scart socket, so I try it on the multi-scart. Doesn't work, at all! I take all the other Scarts out and it works fine. Not a good option though, so I try it in the video and put the Saturn in the multi-scart. Success!! Ok. So now I have the PS2 in the video, the video in the TV, the multi-scart in the TV and the Saturn, the Dreamcast, the DVD and the N64 in the multi-Scart. Right.
Then I get another DVD device on my midi-system...
THIS one works in the multi-scart, but not with the N64 on. The other DVD player doesn't work with this new DVD player plugged in. By now I'm tearing my hair out. I settle for a switchable Scart lead I picked up a while back so that the new DVD player can go on and off at the flick of a switch.
To unburden the Multi-Scart, I move my Saturn upstairs to my computer room. Now I can look forward to getting my Gamecube and starting all over again. I'm also considering getting digital TV, you'll hear my screams from miles away, I reckon....
Ok, so consoles with Scart connections have a clearer picture than even composite leads, and they are easy to plug in. I know that most TVs even switch over automatically to the signal from Scart when a console is turned on and the output is in Stereo, allowing for Dolby Surround. The REAL reason I hate Scart at the moment is the damn incompatibility issue.
I've had several TVs and I'm fairly proud of my Widescreen Sony at the moment. I already had an N64, Dreamcast and Saturn to play on it too. When it came to plugging these in, though, it tested me to the limit.
My Dreamcast prefers one Scart socket on the back of the TV, it just doesn't like the other one at all. My Video, on the other hand, prefers the other socket. All well and good. My N64, I find, will be happy on either. That's three plugs for two sockets, but then my video has an input too, great. So I'm all sorted.
Then along comes the Saturn.
The Saturn will work on either Scart, which is fine, but pluging the thing in all the time is a nono. I buy a multi-scart socket and plug the Dreamcast and N64 in there and the Saturn in the video, all well and good so far. Right, now I remember that I have a DVD player with another Scart socket. It can't go through the video, so in it goes with the other two Scarts from the consoles.
Turning the DVD on, I notice a nice green hue appear across the screen, flicker, then repeat the pattern. I try and pull the Dreamcast plug out, but it doesn't make any difference, so I put it back and try the N64. The flickering stops and the screen is as clear as a bell. So now, when I want to watch a DVD, I have to take the N64 plug out of the multi Scart socket. hm.
Later on I come home from Spain with a Playstation 2. Nice, but it has yet another Scart socket, so I try it on the multi-scart. Doesn't work, at all! I take all the other Scarts out and it works fine. Not a good option though, so I try it in the video and put the Saturn in the multi-scart. Success!! Ok. So now I have the PS2 in the video, the video in the TV, the multi-scart in the TV and the Saturn, the Dreamcast, the DVD and the N64 in the multi-Scart. Right.
Then I get another DVD device on my midi-system...
THIS one works in the multi-scart, but not with the N64 on. The other DVD player doesn't work with this new DVD player plugged in. By now I'm tearing my hair out. I settle for a switchable Scart lead I picked up a while back so that the new DVD player can go on and off at the flick of a switch.
To unburden the Multi-Scart, I move my Saturn upstairs to my computer room. Now I can look forward to getting my Gamecube and starting all over again. I'm also considering getting digital TV, you'll hear my screams from miles away, I reckon....
At least it gives me a challenge! Scart does show a better picture though, so its worth getting it right.
I believe that Scart Leads have suddenly become so popular due to the sudden rise in the popularity and need for good graphics amongst al graphics on all formats.
This was started when different gamers when head-to-head a while back claiming thaty their console was more 'graphically superior' than the others'.
This may have occured due to the fact that there was a mix between consoles with different power all in one generation. Look at the last one.
There was the 32-bit PSX, 64-bit N64, and the 128-bit Dreamcast.
If we had see all the 32-bits arrive at the same time (and the same with all the others) then you may not have come up with this topic today! :O
It's like 'crossing the beams' in Ghostbusters. If you do it then you've got to expect the chance of something bad happening! And arguments have arrisen from the crossing of the 'bits'.
Well, that's what I think anyway, and I could be wrong.
This was started when different gamers when head-to-head a while back claiming thaty their console was more 'graphically superior' than the others'.
This may have occured due to the fact that there was a mix between consoles with different power all in one generation. Look at the last one.
There was the 32-bit PSX, 64-bit N64, and the 128-bit Dreamcast.
If we had see all the 32-bits arrive at the same time (and the same with all the others) then you may not have come up with this topic today! :O
It's like 'crossing the beams' in Ghostbusters. If you do it then you've got to expect the chance of something bad happening! And arguments have arrisen from the crossing of the 'bits'.
Well, that's what I think anyway, and I could be wrong.
I plugged a SCART in once while the TV was on; there was a spark and the pins flew off of the SCART socket!
haha, My system is set up with an RGB cable from the PS2 to the TV then using the video input on the cable to connect a scart box (4 sockets) for the N64 etc then audio outputs from the RGB cable to another switchbox then to a subwoofer. Quality wise an RGB cable is outstanding, Just make sure you have region X to get rid of the green screen with DVDs :-)
I'm not nearly as bad as pb, but I can empaphise. I just have two scarts, and video, itv dig, snes, n64 and dvd to worry about. I have to use the av sockets, s-video and it's still a b***h. Those multi-scarts are always poor- they never give a 100% signal to any device, so you have to remove loads to get it.
I still can't understand why manufactuers don't just add more scart sockets to the TV.
Surely they understand how many people need!?
Surely they understand how many people need!?
and you should see the mess of cables behind the TV too, it looks like someone's dropped a mass of strangly coloured large spagetti behind there!
hahaha...
If only TVs had 50 SCART sockets!
Sonic
If only TVs had 50 SCART sockets!
Sonic
In a word, LOL! :D
Why is Scart all the rage these days?
Ok, so consoles with Scart connections have a clearer picture than even composite leads, and they are easy to plug in. I know that most TVs even switch over automatically to the signal from Scart when a console is turned on and the output is in Stereo, allowing for Dolby Surround. The REAL reason I hate Scart at the moment is the damn incompatibility issue.
I've had several TVs and I'm fairly proud of my Widescreen Sony at the moment. I already had an N64, Dreamcast and Saturn to play on it too. When it came to plugging these in, though, it tested me to the limit.
My Dreamcast prefers one Scart socket on the back of the TV, it just doesn't like the other one at all. My Video, on the other hand, prefers the other socket. All well and good. My N64, I find, will be happy on either. That's three plugs for two sockets, but then my video has an input too, great. So I'm all sorted.
Then along comes the Saturn.
The Saturn will work on either Scart, which is fine, but pluging the thing in all the time is a nono. I buy a multi-scart socket and plug the Dreamcast and N64 in there and the Saturn in the video, all well and good so far. Right, now I remember that I have a DVD player with another Scart socket. It can't go through the video, so in it goes with the other two Scarts from the consoles.
Turning the DVD on, I notice a nice green hue appear across the screen, flicker, then repeat the pattern. I try and pull the Dreamcast plug out, but it doesn't make any difference, so I put it back and try the N64. The flickering stops and the screen is as clear as a bell. So now, when I want to watch a DVD, I have to take the N64 plug out of the multi Scart socket. hm.
Later on I come home from Spain with a Playstation 2. Nice, but it has yet another Scart socket, so I try it on the multi-scart. Doesn't work, at all! I take all the other Scarts out and it works fine. Not a good option though, so I try it in the video and put the Saturn in the multi-scart. Success!! Ok. So now I have the PS2 in the video, the video in the TV, the multi-scart in the TV and the Saturn, the Dreamcast, the DVD and the N64 in the multi-Scart. Right.
Then I get another DVD device on my midi-system...
THIS one works in the multi-scart, but not with the N64 on. The other DVD player doesn't work with this new DVD player plugged in. By now I'm tearing my hair out. I settle for a switchable Scart lead I picked up a while back so that the new DVD player can go on and off at the flick of a switch.
To unburden the Multi-Scart, I move my Saturn upstairs to my computer room. Now I can look forward to getting my Gamecube and starting all over again. I'm also considering getting digital TV, you'll hear my screams from miles away, I reckon....
Ok, so consoles with Scart connections have a clearer picture than even composite leads, and they are easy to plug in. I know that most TVs even switch over automatically to the signal from Scart when a console is turned on and the output is in Stereo, allowing for Dolby Surround. The REAL reason I hate Scart at the moment is the damn incompatibility issue.
I've had several TVs and I'm fairly proud of my Widescreen Sony at the moment. I already had an N64, Dreamcast and Saturn to play on it too. When it came to plugging these in, though, it tested me to the limit.
My Dreamcast prefers one Scart socket on the back of the TV, it just doesn't like the other one at all. My Video, on the other hand, prefers the other socket. All well and good. My N64, I find, will be happy on either. That's three plugs for two sockets, but then my video has an input too, great. So I'm all sorted.
Then along comes the Saturn.
The Saturn will work on either Scart, which is fine, but pluging the thing in all the time is a nono. I buy a multi-scart socket and plug the Dreamcast and N64 in there and the Saturn in the video, all well and good so far. Right, now I remember that I have a DVD player with another Scart socket. It can't go through the video, so in it goes with the other two Scarts from the consoles.
Turning the DVD on, I notice a nice green hue appear across the screen, flicker, then repeat the pattern. I try and pull the Dreamcast plug out, but it doesn't make any difference, so I put it back and try the N64. The flickering stops and the screen is as clear as a bell. So now, when I want to watch a DVD, I have to take the N64 plug out of the multi Scart socket. hm.
Later on I come home from Spain with a Playstation 2. Nice, but it has yet another Scart socket, so I try it on the multi-scart. Doesn't work, at all! I take all the other Scarts out and it works fine. Not a good option though, so I try it in the video and put the Saturn in the multi-scart. Success!! Ok. So now I have the PS2 in the video, the video in the TV, the multi-scart in the TV and the Saturn, the Dreamcast, the DVD and the N64 in the multi-Scart. Right.
Then I get another DVD device on my midi-system...
THIS one works in the multi-scart, but not with the N64 on. The other DVD player doesn't work with this new DVD player plugged in. By now I'm tearing my hair out. I settle for a switchable Scart lead I picked up a while back so that the new DVD player can go on and off at the flick of a switch.
To unburden the Multi-Scart, I move my Saturn upstairs to my computer room. Now I can look forward to getting my Gamecube and starting all over again. I'm also considering getting digital TV, you'll hear my screams from miles away, I reckon....