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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:09 +0000, Tony wrote:


The DTG have done a study on scart cables in which they covered the
various types available on the market with screened/non-screen and
locking mechanisms. Unfortunately the DTG report does not specify any
standard design for the locking mechanism, and its retention test
specification is rather weak, as thicker cables tend to need high
retention force.

Many are provided with additional locking tabs which increase the
retention force, and I have noticed Sainsburys do locking and
non-locking low cost scarts. They are not discretely shielded but very
few setups will notice any difference.

My Scart setup is pretty tortuous, which is what makes it easy for one
to pop out, Its DVD player looped thru Freeview PVR which is looped
thru the Sky box & then finally to the telly.
The latest disgruntled 4 year old episode was due to the Wii not
working, that goes in a seperate scart & got knocked when I messed
with the other.

Thankfully all soon to be redundant as I've built a home theatre PC to
replace the lot, new flat telly comes on Saturday & it's one HDMI from
the PC & the Wii in composite phonos or via component (if it does it,
must check the manual).

CD

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In article ,
Graham. wrote:
The SCART truly is a dreadful thing, why didn't they incorporate a
locking mechanism? Many a time I've come home to find a disgruntled
missus & four year old because the telly has stopped working. A quick
inspection usually reveals that the box has been moved slightly making
the SCART half come out.

I agree. You would never see such a thing on a piece of Pro kit.
The Americans seem to manage without them too.

The US prefers RCAs. To get the same basic functionality as a SCART would
require 9 of them. Without the auto switching, etc.

But then you'd not find RCAs on pro kit either. Or rather not decent stuff.

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CD wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:09 +0000, Tony wrote:


The DTG have done a study on scart cables in which they covered the
various types available on the market with screened/non-screen and
locking mechanisms. Unfortunately the DTG report does not specify any
standard design for the locking mechanism, and its retention test
specification is rather weak, as thicker cables tend to need high
retention force.

Many are provided with additional locking tabs which increase the
retention force, and I have noticed Sainsburys do locking and
non-locking low cost scarts. They are not discretely shielded but very
few setups will notice any difference.

My Scart setup is pretty tortuous, which is what makes it easy for one
to pop out, Its DVD player looped thru Freeview PVR which is looped
thru the Sky box & then finally to the telly.
The latest disgruntled 4 year old episode was due to the Wii not
working, that goes in a seperate scart & got knocked when I messed
with the other.

Thankfully all soon to be redundant as I've built a home theatre PC to
replace the lot, new flat telly comes on Saturday & it's one HDMI from
the PC & the Wii in composite phonos or via component (if it does it,
must check the manual).

CD

Good luck with Microsoft driven llving room gadgets (or Linux for that
matter). I'm sure it will work but I predict not as often as the
purpose made goods.

I have a similar scart setup but I've never any problems with leads,.
with locking tabs or not.

WII needs a special cable to get RGB, via scart, otherwise its composite
only.

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Tony

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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:37:25 +0000, Tony wrote:


Good luck with Microsoft driven llving room gadgets (or Linux for that
matter). I'm sure it will work but I predict not as often as the
purpose made goods.

It's in the testing stage at present & I hate to say it, but Windows 7
does it quite well, it's even had missus approval.
The purpose made goods I was looking at was the Humax Foxsat HDR,
thankfully I came on here to discuss it & was dissuaded.

CD

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Tony wrote:

Good luck with Microsoft driven llving room gadgets (or Linux for that
matter). I'm sure it will work but I predict not as often as the
purpose made goods.

Linux MCE works very well indeed but you do need to build it around specific
hardware for an "easy" setup.

It's also worth remembering much of the "purpose built" kit is based on a
linux kernel (usually something like Busybox) hence the reliability (or
not!)

Cheers,
Mike