The other day was my birthday, and I was given an old multi-system VCR with a SCART input. Is it worth anything to use Scart cables on the consoles that I can on the TV that hooks up to, when that VCR will be outputting to the TV with composite?
Considering the short yet correct response I'll explain why. The reason SCART is the retro-gamer's most sought after input is due to its ability to output in RGB color. The SCART standard allows for other output schemes as well such as composite. However in order to output the best image quality you'd need to use RGB. Even if the VCR accepted RGB through the SCART input it wouldn't be able to output in RGB due to it only having a composite out. So either the RGB signal would get converted to composite and displayed to your TV, or more likely it's just using the composite signal from the SCART cable and outputting that directly to the composite out. An interesting find for sure, however not particularly useful.
Thank you both for your information. I ended up getting a Genesis / Mega-drive Scart cable anyways, as either of those possibilities would certainly be better than my RF adapter, and I'm already using a input switcher for my classical consoles. But, thank you for saving me the money on finding scart cables for everything else.
