The Sony PlayStation Official RGB SCART Cable For PS1, PS2 & PS3 - Affro's Curiosities 

Decided to give some love to the Official RGB Scart cable from Sony for the PS1, PS2 & PS3 along with seeing what it can do for 3 generations of Sony's consoles! :D

Otro asombroso video!! Great job affro, very close to 1k subs :D

Hey Affro, awesome video as always. A lot of the things do go over my head haha, but you do a great job. Almost to 1k woo!!! Very awesome!🌸

Another awesome video! Great work Affro.

Great video, really appreciate the in depth coverage

I'm so lucky, I managed to get a region free PS1 with the official Sony SCART cable for £40! Im going to talk about it in my next and im definiteky going to give yiu a shoutout as your info and examples from the OSSC was invaluable, so thanks!

I use RGB with most of my consoles (pre-XBOX 360). Just some more information you might be interested to know: On the RGB pins of the AV Multi-out, the PS1 can output 15KHz RGB. The PS2 and PS3 can additionally output YPbPr and 31KHz RGB. 15KHz RGB is only used for standard definition. 31KHz RGsB (s stands for sync) is used for 480p/576p and higher resolutions. RGB scart, JP21, component, d-terminal and VGA cables can all carry all three signals. The issues lie in hardware compatibility. The scart standard is standard-definition only, so no 480p or 576p. You will never find a TV that supports it, however, the OSSC uses a non-standard scart port that allows this. Sony made four cables meant to output RGB: SCPH-1050 - JP21 cable for PS1 SCPH-1052 - RGB scart variant of SCPH-1050 SCPH-10142 - RGB scart cable for PS2 SCPH-10320 - VGA adapter for PS2 While the PS1 cables will work with PS2 and PS3 (and vice versa), the spec isn't a 100% match. In theory, for the best picture, cables made for PS1 should only be used on PS1, and cables for PS2 should be used on PS2 and PS3. In practise though, it's not noticeable. The best picture quality you can get for PS1 and standard-definition PS2 games is an RGB scart cable outputting 15KHz RGB connected to an analog CRT TV with an RGB scart input. For 480p PS2 games you should can use a PC CRT monitor compatible with RGsB and either the official VGA adapter or the component cable with a passive component-to-VGA adapter. Since the PS2 can output 31KHz RGB over component cables, this is possible. Alternatively, you can use an RGB scart cable and a scart-to-BNC adapter with a 480p-compatible PVM or BVM. No PS2 game outputs 576p. The progressive scan option outputs 480p, even for PAL games. You can force 576p with the GSM homebrew software. With the 576p option selected on the PS3 it upscales the 576i output of PAL PS2 games to 576p. The 576p limitation for RGB on the Ps3 is purely an arbitrary one that Sony put in. RGB scart is capable of higher resolutions.

Man scart on ps1 looks amazing...it is amazing to me that growing up in europe all my tvs without exception have scart input and i never ever knew about it but always used the dirty av composite to scart adapter instead ...what a waste. I use coponent but i might buy a good scart to check out ps1 on the tv. Awesome video as always!!

Subscribed, good video man!

Thanks for this video

I have this cable (SCPH-1052), i managed to buy it "cheap" long ago. Well at least a lot cheaper than how much it costs now, it's very rare and expensive. I use it as intended with the original PS1 SCPH-1002 but on an old LCD tv.

I was fortunate enough that the shopkeeper where i bought my ps1 told me about it and said: "If you wanna play imported games , you need this cable, or you'll have to play them in black and white. Besides that, believe me, you HAVE TO get this cable, look at the quality!" and it showed me a ps1 connected with the SCART RGB cable. For 30ish bucks I bought it immediately. Shopkeepers used to be gamers like us , so they KNEW their stuff.

I never got one of those RGB Cables back in the days. I only got was S-Video for Playstations and Gamecube while Component Cable for Wii, which ended up being a mistake that my TV that supports S-Video broke down. 🙁

I used RGB cable to have colour in NTSC games on PAL CRT. :)

Scart cables are quite good for retro consoles, I have got my WII hooked with Scart to my TV. By the way the XBOX 360 VGA output looks really good, almost better than HDMI , the colors pop more than with HDMI, very strange.

As a guy from the US(where scart was unheard of in the 90's) this blows my mind

I remember in 1998 contemplating buying this cable in with my birthday money from Electronic Boutique. It was priced at about £45 if I can remember. I opted to buy a game instead as it was about the same cost. 'Oddworld abe's exodus' if I remember.

Cool :)

high quality video as always :) Just one side note: I would not recommend to use PS1 RGB cable with PS2 console otherwise you will have some visual artifacts = image quality loss. The PS1 rgb cable has 220uf capacitors build in. The PS2 does not require any.

What games where you playing at, 3:10, 5:17 (resident evil 2?), and 8:40 (re 2 again?)?

To the Uploader, I always played my PS1 back in the day with Scart. When I went into Currys to get a brand-new PlayStation, personal reasons to why I ended up with a second consul, not relevant to the story. I literally went to look for an RGB Scart cable also, specifically when I was at home and when I was at my grandmothers I was using RF 😜 Where available I will happily use RGB scart where applicable. I’m guessing if you really wanted to clean up the image even further you could always try and find an M classic HDMI adapter. Just make sure your consoles are set to their “negative“ resolutions. So for example when looking at the PS2 480p over component and 720p for the HD systems in the form of Xbox 360/PS3, From the BM classic adapter should automatically upscale and clean any rough edges. I really think ultimately when we went to transition into progressive scan outside of the way, the PAL region really got the shaft in the form of progressive scan on GameCube, Xbox and PS2. I mean component cables for GameCube won’t readily available and most games would only support PAL at 60Hz anyway, Xbox didn’t support component natively but at least gave us a SCART option, something is better than nothing. Sony was a little bit better but not by much, this has been my observation on the subject matter anyway. Sorry for the verbal rant, I get pretty obsessed with things like this. I guess the other thing I should mention is the original PlayStation was the first time I had the sound coming out of a hi-fi, Tekken 2 and ssoul blade specifically. Thanks for the video much appreciated.

I have the Hyperkin Cable and I feel like it is as good as the RGB Scart Cable

By the way bro , do you use FMCB on the fat PS2 to play backup games, and modify games on the fly?

I am using my PS3 to play PS1 games via the PSone classics on the USA PSN store, however my console is of PAL region. I have been using composite on a CRT, but are you telling me it has been running at 50hz? Is there some way to get 60hz on a CRT with a better connection than composite?

hello, does anyone know what the video game of the minute 11:10 is?

Did you modify the Sony cable connector for Sync on luma?

This cable isn't good for PS2 nor PS3. It has extra 220μf capacitors on the RGB lines, which is why the PS2 and PS3 look a bit dim.

Hello, I have purchased official ps1 gray RGP cable and connected it to a wega sony crt tv and the video not stable and moving ! Why ? Is it cuz of cable or the tv not supported it !

I have a crt and RF and it looks better than RGB scart on an LCD.

All the Gucci aftermarket scart cable makers say the rgb scart cables are different between the ps1 and ps2, think it has to do with resistors. Not that they won't work at all but I think you loose brightness when using the wrong cable

In Russia you can buy official black scart rgb cable less then 10$... Is black cable with official logo and 2 ferrite core original or fake? Thx

Got lucky and grabbed this, new in box for peanuts two years back. I already had a handful of retrogamingcable ones, but hey..could not pass on the official one right ? :P

I own the cable , I bought around 4 years ago in 10 bucks, but sadly is JP21, so I will need an adapter cause I never used it

*expensive now you can buy cheap 3rd market ones do the job fine!* 💡

What was the last ps2 game shown, it reminds me of uncharted

Hey, know any other good rgb scart cables besides the retro game cable ones as that one is currently sold out….?

This plays audios right ?

What is the game at 6:14 and 8:13 ?

How does PS1 Scart compare on CRT with Composite?

Retrotink 5x pro or ossc?

No I don't have a tv that supports it