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From: Chris Ridd on 15 Mar 2010 03:02 On 2010-03-15 06:52:07 +0000, SteveH said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-03-14 12:22:00 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: >> >>> (btw the SCART plug must be number one in the league table of idiotic, >>> brain-dead interface designs..) >> >> Apart from it falls out too easily, what's wrong with it? > > Have you tried plugging a cable into a socket you can't see? Good point, that's pretty much impossible. OTOH I take 3 gos to plug something into a USB socket too, so I'm clearly a bit of a klutz. -- Chris
From: Rod on 15 Mar 2010 03:05 On 15/03/2010 06:37, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-03-14 12:22:00 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: > >> (btw the SCART plug must be number one in the league table of idiotic, >> brain-dead interface designs..) > > Apart from it falls out too easily, what's wrong with it? It's huge. It's wire is huge and horribly inflexible. You could never be sure how many wires were connected inside. Or how they were wired up. And that goes for the plugs and the sockets. -- Rod
From: Chris Ridd on 15 Mar 2010 03:40 On 2010-03-15 07:05:23 +0000, Rod said: > On 15/03/2010 06:37, Chris Ridd wrote: >> On 2010-03-14 12:22:00 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: >> >>> (btw the SCART plug must be number one in the league table of idiotic, >>> brain-dead interface designs..) >> >> Apart from it falls out too easily, what's wrong with it? > > It's huge. It's wire is huge and horribly inflexible. It came out in the 1980s, and everything was ridiculously oversized then! -- Chris
From: Duncan Kennedy on 15 Mar 2010 06:16
In message <1jfdv2c.n13esc1vq4raoN%italiancar(a)gmail.com>, SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> writes >Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-03-14 12:22:00 +0000, Tim Hodgson said: >> >> > (btw the SCART plug must be number one in the league table of idiotic, >> > brain-dead interface designs..) >> >> Apart from it falls out too easily, what's wrong with it? > >Have you tried plugging a cable into a socket you can't see? Like the last half hour with a new TV after the old CRT died suddenly! OK I could have put the TV somewhere where the socket could have been seen - but the TV not so easily seen - we rather like it where it has been for the last 10 years. And the clearance limit of the TV means only a few of my available cables will fit, considering the stiff wire and shape. -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay |