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Posted by Jukka Aho on 10/15/06 16:09
Edward wrote:
> thanks, I'm actually familiar with SCART but I assumed every TV has
> both on it. However... like Steven Segal says - assumption is the
> mother of all... something something.
Who can we trust if not Steven Seagal? :)
Front-panel RCA/mini-DIN type AV jacks have gained in popularity over
the years (because of the proliferation of cheap digital camcorders and
digital still cameras, I think), but there are still lots of sets whose
only AV inputs are through the SCART sockets on the back panel.
Flat-panel tvs are often more likely to have separate RCA/mini-DIN type
inputs than the CRT-based sets.
> I was in europe about 13 years ago and I used composite to hook up my
> video camera to a TV and it was B&W. Thats what I expected.
At least the set synchronized to your 525-line ~60 Hz signal. It must
have been one of those models that supports PAL-60 signal but cannot
decode NTSC colors. A genuine old-school "PAL only" tv set, from
1985...1990 or earlier, would not have synced to the picture at all.
As long as the set can sync to a 525-line / 60 Hz signal, you could
bypass the whole NTSC/PAL problem by using a DVD player that outputs the
signal in (SCART) RGB format - as the stand-alone tabletop DVD players
usually do in Europe. This would also give you a better image quality
than either PAL or NTSC. Unfortunately, I don't think portables usually
have SCART RGB outputs.
> However every idiot on the trip with me (20+ people) insisted on
> staying in my rom and watching themselvs act like goofs on my poor
> 8mm camera. Fun times.
Sounds like you'd be better off getting a portable mini LCD projector.
:)
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znark
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