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Old 19th Jan 2019, 6:32 pm   #4
mhennessy
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Default Re: RGB signals from a VCR

Thanks to the mods for splitting the thread! Just for context, my first post in this thread was prompted by post #9 of the original thread: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=153245

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
Good that the OP has decided to go for a historically correct monitor, but for the record, many of the later generation HDD/DVD recorders did have RGB -input- via SCART. I think this was intended to be used for connection of RGB-out from a VCR so you could transfer VHS original recordings to DVD or HDD, bypassing the Macrovision 'protection' which prevented similar activity via a composite connection.

I've used my Pioneer 545 HDD/DVD recorder (which has RGB input via SCART) as a way of converting RGB SCART in to HDMI out, to view the output from an Atari ST on an HDMI monitor.

I can't remember if that Pioneer machine also outputs a modulated RF out signal or whether the RF-out is just an aerial passthrough signal.
Any information about VHS machines with RGB outputs will be gratefully received
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