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Old 08-18-2012, 09:38 AM   #1
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Default Which Scart?
Which scart is better?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5m-Metre...item3f1959e2f8

or

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320763771694
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Old 08-18-2012, 09:55 AM   #2
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Hi i have the scart to 14.99 and it is very good, even with my 43 inch plasma and my 32 lcd there is very good picture quality
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Old 08-18-2012, 10:43 AM   #3
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We stock a Scart cable which works with a wide range of modern LCD TVs:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=226
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Old 08-18-2012, 02:36 PM   #4
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Note that they are of different kinds; the first one is a composite video to scart, the other RGB to scart.

While you can use either type with Amiga (if it has a composite video output, for that case) the difference between picture quality is huge. Composite video (in general) will look horrible in any bigger TV. RGB will look MUCH better, if your TV supports it.
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Old 08-18-2012, 02:43 PM   #5
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Go with the AmigaKit cable, you can't go wrong with them.
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Old 08-18-2012, 03:30 PM   #6
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Well i think i will be purchasing it from amigakit many thanks everyone :-)
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Old 09-17-2012, 04:43 PM   #7
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Well i got the cable and i must say it is a very sharp display way better than the RCA TO Scart.
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Old 09-19-2012, 01:47 PM   #8
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Thank you for ordering from us.

Please consider leaving a review on our webstore to let others know about the product.
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Old 09-19-2012, 04:09 PM   #9
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Congrats that cable has worked well for me also, I would use separate audio cables if you as me want the audio in a separate Amplifier
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