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[Mr Skrunts]

I currently have the older PS2 and Xbox. 

Which is the better (quality) way to connect them to the TV.

RCA leads or Scart.

TIA 

[R.C. ™]

if the R.C.A leads are Gold Plated use them .. and i can't remember if the P.S.2 had a scart port  :question

[Martin_1962]

Playstation 2 - VERY easy

RGB SCART

[R.C. ™]

Playstation 2 - VERY easy

RGB SCART

true .. fotgot about that .. it's been along time from playing on a P.S.2

[Mr Skrunts]

Playstation 2 - VERY easy

RGB SCART

Confused there Martin.

The PS2 has a dedicated plug.  So the other end needs to be RCA or Scart (Scart is my current setup)  Allthough I know there are Scart TV adapters to plug RCA into.

[Mr Skrunts]

Appologies Martin, just re read.

RGB Scart and not RCA as I posted.


So my current scart lead is best option.   

[Mr Skrunts]

if the R.C.A leads are Gold Plated use them .. and i can't remember if the P.S.2 had a scart port  :question

As mention the PS2 is a dedicated plug, but the TV  can be phono (RCA) or Scart.

[jerry]

My little lad drives me crazy  with all the leads to the tv for his games. One moment its the PS2, the next the Wii then he wants to play on his old vtec smile. Back of our telly looks like spaghetti junction with all that plus leads for video and dvd!!!Oh yeh, the scart is better than the red/yellow/white connectors (or whatever these are called )

[KillerWatt]

Forget all the gold plated 'dangle berries', you won't see the difference between them and a £2.99 piece of rubbish.

As far as the "phono's" go, I'm guessing you are talking the yellow, red & white.
The yellow is composite video, and that is the lowest lifeform of all as far as analogue leads go.

A SCART lead that is wired for RGB is better, with component video (red, green, and blue phono's) being about the best you will get as far as analogue goes.

Note that not all SCART leads will be wired for RGB, some are so cheap that they are wired for composite video only (along with the audio of course).

[TheBoy]

Forget all the gold plated 'dangle berries', you won't see the difference between them and a £2.99 piece of rubbish.

As far as the "phono's" go, I'm guessing you are talking the yellow, red & white.
The yellow is composite video, and that is the lowest lifeform of all as far as analogue leads go.

A SCART lead that is wired for RGB is better, with component video (red, green, and blue phono's) being about the best you will get as far as analogue goes.

Note that not all SCART leads will be wired for RGB, some are so cheap that they are wired for composite video only (along with the audio of course).

You want to match the metal between plug and socket. So if telly is gold plated, use gold plated. If the telly is tin plated, use tin etc.

Its an analogue signal, so poor quality cables will degrade signal. And with any signal, quality screening helps.


Hence, I don't use cheapo hong kong ebay nasties. But then, I agree, I don't use the stupid, over marketed, over hyped, tosh either.

[Mr Skrunts]

Forget all the gold plated 'dangle berries', you won't see the difference between them and a £2.99 piece of rubbish.

As far as the "phono's" go, I'm guessing you are talking the yellow, red & white.
The yellow is composite video, and that is the lowest lifeform of all as far as analogue leads go.

A SCART lead that is wired for RGB is better, with component video (red, green, and blue phono's) being about the best you will get as far as analogue goes.

Note that not all SCART leads will be wired for RGB, some are so cheap that they are wired for composite video only (along with the audio of course).

You want to match the metal between plug and socket. So if telly is gold plated, use gold plated. If the telly is tin plated, use tin etc.

Its an analogue signal, so poor quality cables will degrade signal. And with any signal, quality screening helps.


Hence, I don't use cheapo hong kong ebay nasties. But then, I agree, I don't use the stupid, over marketed, over hyped, tosh either.

Am with you there, on the cheapie side I allways say you get what you pay for.  On the exspensive sive I do think there is some wee wee taking on prices versus quality and performance.


Like the ,99p stero RCA leads that come with hifi seperates, I wouldnt go out and by them but I would not spend £129.99 on a pair of 1m metre interconects eother.   Regardsless of what Richersounds try to tell me.   

Edit (Which they seem to have dropped as the most exspensive is now £49.99 - http://www.richersounds.com/productlist/hi-fi-separates/accessories/hifi-interconnects/4 )

[TheBoy]

Forget all the gold plated 'dangle berries', you won't see the difference between them and a £2.99 piece of rubbish.

As far as the "phono's" go, I'm guessing you are talking the yellow, red & white.
The yellow is composite video, and that is the lowest lifeform of all as far as analogue leads go.

A SCART lead that is wired for RGB is better, with component video (red, green, and blue phono's) being about the best you will get as far as analogue goes.

Note that not all SCART leads will be wired for RGB, some are so cheap that they are wired for composite video only (along with the audio of course).

You want to match the metal between plug and socket. So if telly is gold plated, use gold plated. If the telly is tin plated, use tin etc.

Its an analogue signal, so poor quality cables will degrade signal. And with any signal, quality screening helps.


Hence, I don't use cheapo hong kong ebay nasties. But then, I agree, I don't use the stupid, over marketed, over hyped, tosh either.

Am with you there, on the cheapie side I allways say you get what you pay for.  On the exspensive sive I do think there is some wee wee taking on prices versus quality and performance.


Like the ,99p stero RCA leads that come with hifi seperates, I wouldnt go out and by them but I would not spend £129.99 on a pair of 1m metre interconects eother.   Regardsless of what Richersounds try to tell me.   

Edit (Which they seem to have dropped as the most exspensive is now £49.99 - http://www.richersounds.com/productlist/hi-fi-separates/accessories/hifi-interconnects/4 )

On audio, different leads can make a noticible difference, even to my tone deaf ears.  Not saying expensive are always best, just worth experimenting. I suspect its more about a good match than anything else...

[Martin_1962]

if the R.C.A leads are Gold Plated use them .. and i can't remember if the P.S.2 had a scart port  :question

As mention the PS2 is a dedicated plug, but the TV  can be phono (RCA) or Scart.

We have a proper lead with built in Scart - RCA to Scart is not RGB

[Martin_1962]

Forget all the gold plated 'dangle berries', you won't see the difference between them and a £2.99 piece of rubbish.

As far as the "phono's" go, I'm guessing you are talking the yellow, red & white.
The yellow is composite video, and that is the lowest lifeform of all as far as analogue leads go.

A SCART lead that is wired for RGB is better, with component video (red, green, and blue phono's) being about the best you will get as far as analogue goes.

Note that not all SCART leads will be wired for RGB, some are so cheap that they are wired for composite video only (along with the audio of course).

Lead quality makes a huge difference, but diminishing returns come in quite soon.

I'd say about £15 for an RGB lead before diminishing returns sets in

[Mr Skrunts]

if the R.C.A leads are Gold Plated use them .. and i can't remember if the P.S.2 had a scart port  :question

As mention the PS2 is a dedicated plug, but the TV  can be phono (RCA) or Scart.

We have a proper lead with built in Scart - RCA to Scart is not RGB

I was tired which is why I appologised and corrected my post.

Edit, I appologise again Martin, I cant find the post in this thread, I may have deleted it or even posted it elsewhere.

I had realised after re-reading that the error was on my side, as I was not concentrating properly and misread RGB as RCA  (My fault)