[mythtv-users] TV out size

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Thu Feb 21 17:37:27 UTC 2008


Steve Smith wrote:
> On 21/02/2008, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> Seeing as you are in Europe, your best bet for the BEST quality picture
>> is
>>> going to be a RGB to SCART lead.
>> What exactly do you mean?  I ask because I'm starting to look for a
>> new TV and most manufacturs list a SCART input; but as far as I can
>> tell a SCART input could be composite, RGB, SVideo or any combination
>> of the three, and they often don't elaborate on the details.
>>
>> Has SCART become a synonym for RGB?
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> 
> 
> SCART is just a connector. It allows:
>     Composite Video and RGB connection    OR
>     Composite Video and S-Video connection..      (There are two sorts of
> connections TVs often have one of each, otherwise it's usually the
> CompositeVideo+RGB type).
> 
> You can build a very simple converter circuit that takes the VGA signal from
> your motherboard and allows you to feed it into the SCART connector as RGB.
> This is MUCH better quality than composite video.
> 
> Pretty much all decent TVs sold in europe will have SCART (RGB) connections
> available and most DVD players will be able to output RGB signals.
> 
Alternatively look for a TV which has a decent selection of inputs. Mine has 2 x 
SCART, VGA, Composite and S-video. Nothing special. Needless to say, I use the 
VGA input.

Mike Perkins



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