In general those splitters create audio/video interference? Unfortunately all the splitters I have tested have problems... It's hard to switch within consoles because every time you have pull out the scart from the TV and then connect the other scart... In time, I think the scart slot from the TV will wear out because of this... What do you recommend? Thanks!
I'm in the USA, so we don't have SCART on TV's. However, I use it for RGB output on classic consoles where possible, but I feed them into an upscaler via a cable that converts from SCART to RCA! So I have a lot of connections going on, plus I use a Mad Catz SCART switchbox! At worst there's some ghosting in the image, which is probably due to my wires being a tangled mess I need to clean up.
You could buy what I bought, one of those switchless SCART boxes that lets you plug in two SCART cables and then it plugs into your TV. Just use one of the SCART ports in the box and ignore the other one. That would reduce the wear and tear on your TV's SCART socket. Basically being an extension cable but I think better than that. I'm not sure how realistic wearing out the socket would be since as Greg2600 said we don't have SCART sockets on our TVs. But say that yours did, it's not impossible to fix the TV's SCART socket by replacing it. Remember that once apon a time people used to have their TVs and other electronics fixed instead of throwing them out and buying a new one.
I'm from Europe and almost all CRT TV's have SCART socket and support composite, s-video and rgb. And on some occasions some CRT TV's support component. Yesterday I've bought an BANDRIDGE SCART switcher and it was awful... I had to returned it back. The big problem was with the SCART slots. Sometime when connecting the console to TV, the image was on a RED constrast/color or no image signal. Moving the SCART within the slot I had a clear picture.
I was thinking about a little project to buy a VGA cable to cut the connectors and to put SCART connectors to the ends female and male gold plated. From what I've read those VGA cables are double shielded. What do you think?
Check ebay, there's quite a few well-made VGA/SCART/Component homemade cable solutions these days. But honestly, wearing out the connector would be the least of my issues. Having to climb into the back of an old CRT and/or wall unit it's in would be. I'll sacrifice some interference in the name of convenience.
