So been doing some side work the last few days with an elderly woman (painting a room, garden work, some remodeling in her laundry room plus creating a new doorway that access to the garage) and I noticed that she had an old rca tv in her garage. I kinda got interested and looked at it but it was missing something that I’ve been searching for the past 4 years.

I’ve been looking for a tv that has an scart output, many people from Europe should be acquainted with it back in the days (I think 90s- early 2000s). With a tv that supports that kind of output it makes retro gaming be at its peak in quality with each signal coming separately from each pin to give it a rich crisp view from the tv and you’ll definitely know the difference.

Like... I mean I heard a few hospitals still have monitors that support scart but they throw them away. Such tvs are getting so difficult to find these days and the prices are getting so ludicrous (a 32 inch rca demensia for $500 from a year ago).

Anyways point of this thread, has anyone even heard of it? You guys know the use of such a gem?? Am I good looking??? Have you guys even seen one in person? I have yet to see one and I don’t want to spend a huge amount on them. $150 at least, I’m just saying

Yes i'm familiar with scart tv's.... you might be hard pressed to find anything bigger than 32" for sure.

I know for a while when hd came out a lot of tv's had both scart and hdmi if that helps.

becerra95 : I'm a CRT lad myself, yes SCART is very popular among retro gamers, as a lot of old consoles support it out of the box. The problem is that most SCART enabled boxes that aren't HDCRTs are usually 50hz only and only support the PAL video mode. NOW what would be interesting is if it's an NTSC TV with SCART input.

Y'all should check out the YouTube channel My Life in Gaming. It's run by a couple videophiles, and its by far the best resource out there for learning how to get the best signal possible from your retro consoles, explaining all sorts of things like different video signals (composite, component, RGB, ect.), video sync, interlaced vs progressive video, and just all sorts of things.

For anyone in the US, best way to take advantage of RGB video is either to use an upscaler like the OSSC (takes component/RGB video signals from a SCART or 5x RCA jacks) and cleaning line doubles them with HDMI output (great for modern HDTVs), or to get a PVM (Professional Video Monitor, namely Sony's PVM line). Personally, I use a PC CRT monitor with an old line doubler (XRGB2plus), but you could also use an OSSC with one using a HDMI -> VGA adapter. Some people even mod normal consumer CRT sets for RGB input, but I wouldn't advise opening up a CRT, much less mod it

Important note: There was a Japanese video standard called JP-21, that was an "all in one" video connector in the same vain as SCART, and even used the exact same connectors, but had different pinouts and aren't intercompatible, so watch out for that, and stick exclusively SCART cables, or JP-21 cables.

bigger0gamer : You could also get a regular NTSC consumer CRT with component inputs, and get an RGB SCART to YPbPr Component transcoder to get that neat image. I personally use it for my Genesis and SNES.

I'd highly recommend getting a CRT for retrogaming if you have the space, as you don't need to worry about compatibility, upscalers, etc. Hell even the classic composite (Yellow,Red,White) cable could be enough for some.

Also cause scanlines give me power.

Boured : Yeah, I forgot about just using a RGB to YPbPr transcoder to be honest. It's probably the easiest option for someone looking to use a CRT. I personally go for a PC CRT tho so I can get those PVM like scan lines and 480p (when I finally get the stuff to actually use 480p) alongside 15kHz stuff. It is definitely all about what you're satisfied with and how much you can/want to spend on a set up in both time, and money