SCART

This Sony vintage television had four SCART sockets at the back, and consequently there was a messy jumble of wiring covered with dust. Back in 2002, this was the preferred way to connect equipment; however, modern television panels provide Bluetooth wireless connections, which is much better.

Those old days where you had to crouch behind the television fiddling with dusty wiring are gone! The latest televisions have built-in wireless connections so you can transmit video from your mobile phone, or laptop to the TV. This eliminates the need for wires at the back of your TV and making your living space look like the NASA command centre. Of course, with the latest televisions, you can expect two digital TV tuners as a standard for most models, this way; you can record one channel whilst watching another.

SCART

SCART was an awful system, which originated in France, consisting of a 21-pin wire to carry audio and video information. It resulted in an Amazon forest of extremely thick wires at the back of the television. It caused huge amounts of back pain, as you had to crouch in a tiny space behind the television set, in the dark, fiddling, trying to figure out which way round they went! With so many pins, there was always one pin that made a poor electrical connection, resulting in the loss of an audio channel, or perhaps video.

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