Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!tut!ra!rosenber From: rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Help wanted on SCART connector Message-ID: Date: 20 Jul 90 22:10:03 GMT References: <1990Jul16.094028.12793@siesoft.co.uk> Sender: rosenber@ra.abo.fi Distribution: comp Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland Lines: 26 In-reply-to: stuart@siesoft.co.uk's message of 16 Jul 90 09:40:28 GMT >I have just bought a TV which has a SCART input. I am thinking of >buying an Amiga if: > >a) it is possible to connect it to the SCART. >b) the quality of the picture is sufficient to read 80 columns of text. Yes, it's possible and quite common to use a TV connected through SCART. Especially since it's hard to find a TV set without it nowadays. Since SCART is an RGB connector (plus sound and composite and some other lines) it gives you as good a picture as the tube allows. >A friend has an Amiga with which I could test this but we don't know >which of the Amiga's connectors to wire to the SCART. Any information >on which to use and whether a mistake could damage either the TV or the >Amiga would be much appreciated. Try to get the Amiga dealer to lend you a cable to check it out. >If this is not possible, does anyone know what the quality is like >using a UHF modulator? A SCART connector is both cheaper and better than an modulator. ---- Robin Rosenberg