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SiriusHardware · 19th Jan 2019, 1:08 pm

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.

19th Jan 2019, 1:08 pm	#9
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,560	Re: BBC Micro RGB - SCART INPUT VIA VCR 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.