V3.1 RGB to PAL/NTSC Adapter Compatible TV

[Franko]

I know you guys don't have SCART connectors in the states, so how do you connect up things with RGB outputs (IE: Amiga's, DVD Players/ Recorders etc...)

I'd hate to only have to connect things up with just Composite Video or S-Video, so what kind of connectors are on your TVs to give you proper RGB...

[Franko]

@ Desiv & Hummpa

So does that mean devices like DVD players/recorders etc... in the states all come with no RGB output !!!

If that was the case and I lived in America I'd move...

S-Video is alright but it's not a patch on RGB and composite isn't even worth talking about, what about things like the Super Nintendo (SNES) does that mean back in their hayday that you had to hook them up to a TV via RF or composite and not be able to use it's RGB output on standard TV...

Seems odd (if this is the case) that Video devices in the US don't give out an RGB signal for use on an everyday TV (especially DVD recorders/ players), is there a reason for this by the manufacturers...

[Franko]

In the beginning, they came with Composite and S-Video for the low end.
But almost all of the higher quality devices had at least "component"  video:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video
(That's not RGB, but Luma, Blue and Red)

Currently, they all come with HDMI out..

desiv

(I know what component video is... )

But I'm gobsmacked to find that you poor sods in the USA have had to live all these years without an RGB input on your Tellies... :eek:

I remember when got my first A500 back around 87, the A1000 was used with my CBM 1080 Monitor while the A500 was used around the house on various TV sets all with RGB inputs...

Couldn't imagine having to use an Amiga (or a SNES or anything similar for that matter) on a TV via RF, composite or S-Video, that would have been awful...

I need to find out why TV's in the US never came with an RGB input (just so I can email em and tell them their stuff is/was crap)...