SCART to HDMI: How to convert from analogue to digital?

Need to transfer signals from a SCART socket to an HDMI input? The process might be a tad challenging. The two AV interfaces don't fit together. A digital interface such as HDMI cannot process the analogue SCART picture and sound signals. But there still are ways like a SCART connector to overcome the hurdle between analogue and digital technology.

With this article, we are trying to clear all your doubts about connecting a DVD player to television if it has no RCA input, while the DVD player has no HDMI interface. However, the DVD player could still have an older SCART output, which modern television lacks. How do you fix this compatibility? And is it worth it all?

HDMI replaced SCART as the connection standard

To establish a connection between SCART and HDMI, you need to overcome one hurdle: the incomparability between analogue signals and digital data. Like HDMI, SCART transmits both audio and video information- only as analog signals.

The advantage of the SCART interface is that it supports different analogue transmission paths. However, there is a slight problem; SCART cannot process digital transmission methods.

Even the maximum image resolution that SCART can transmit seems outdated in times of UHD.

Converter solution for SCART to HDMI

Although HDMI has become the prevailing standard, it is most likely to happen that an old device is to be connected to a more modern television set- because you want to play old VHS cassettes with a video recorder or because a DVD player has a value to its owner.

There are also chances that you wish to connect your first-generation PlayStation to a flat-screen.

The incompatibility between analogue and digital transmission takes way more than a mere mechanical, electrical adapter to transfer videos from SCART to HDMI. 

You need a real converter, which converts the player's analog signal into digital data. The converters are known to upscale the analogue signal to 1,080 pixels.

Another advantage is that they can offer filter out audio data from the SCART signal and output it separately via a coaxial cable or a jack. This makes it possible to connect a SCART device directly to a modern hi-fi system or AV receiver.

Conclusion

·        SCART and HDMI are used for the transmission of audio and video information.

·        HDMI has replaced SCART as an analogue standard.

·        A converter is required to prepare analogue data for an HDMI interface.

·        You would need a SCART connector and cable pin for the digitization of VHS cassettes.

It is finally time to invest in a converter. And while you are at it, make sure you purchase it from a reliable source.