Page 1 of What`s the drawback of having only one scart socket?

Presumably, it`s because you can`t record from DVD to Video AND see the picture? Yes? Am I warm?

One scart socket where? DVD, video, or TV?

Are we talking DVD here?

The main drawback I would think is down to the shortsighted TV manufacturers who only see fit to provide one RGB enabled scart.

A second scart socket on the DVD player should enable daisy chaining of RGB signals, eg pass your game console through the DVD player and into the TV.

As for recording from DVDs to videos – well who says you need scart for this? Assuming that macrovision is not an issue, then if you have an SVHS or DVHS deck, then you’d be mad to use the composite output via scart and would be better advised using the S video output from the s socket. Alternatively, many players have a composite phono output so you could easily get a lead to connect that to your VCR.

TV connectivity is a real issue however and its pretty poor even on supposed high level TVs. I have a Tosh widescreen RPTV and it has 3 scarts (one RGB capable) and a set of component inputs. Into this I use a Quattro scart switching box - which takes feeds from my 2 DTT digiboxes, my dreamcast, composite from the DVD, and S video from the amp (for whenever I need to check the onscreen set up menus).

I run the DVD and PS2 component out into my amp and then run component out to the TV and into the other scarts I run S video from my two DVHS decks.

Add two active scart buffers and RGB to S Video connectors and you have an absolute mass of cabling/switching boxes etc. Much of which could be eliminated by the provision of up to 6 video inputs and more intelligent video outputs of equipment. It’s beyond me why digiboxes don’t offer S video out via the second scart as well as composite.