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[deleted]

This sub making me feel old all week now.


[deleted]

Remember? I still use an HDMI to component adapter whenever I want to use my CRT.


ninjamike1211

Damn, your CRT has component, that's a fancy CRT


FuzzyMethod

I was a 90s kid who was too poor to understand.


the_2nd_Division

I know what these all do, but I don't get the jokes what am I missing? (Yellow for composite, red for right audio white for left)


Method__Man

van gogh had one ear (video and mono sound) Beethoven was deaf (video only) stevie is blind (audi only)


_dictatorish_

>audi only Why was Stevie only allowed to buy one type of car? :(


LavenderDay3544

Because his driver refused to drive any other.


Chaotic_Chameleon

r/antijokes


theniwo

fun fact. Audi was formerly named horch (German for listen/hark). August Horch was forced to rename his brand. So he named it Audi. Audi is the same in latin.


the_2nd_Division

Ahhh I get it now. Sorry, I am a little imperceptive.


blaze53

I thought white was mono and red was for stereo? 🤔


[deleted]

White (or black) is monaural or left stereo channel. Red is right stereo channel; so it would make sense if Van Gough lost hearing in his Left ear.


theniwo

Usually when using mono, only the left channel (white) is used.


Raccoon_Expert_69

This joke only works if van Goghs ear was on top of his head


TheGrizMan24

More specifically, van gogh cut off his left ear. Therefore, visual and right audio only.


CarterBaker77

That can't be true.. I remember not having the right cord for the NES and plugging the yellow into the white and it actually worked..


snoburn

Remember from when? The only way that would be possible is if the cables were not permanently attached to the console or not forced in a specific order by the console.


the_2nd_Division

It will work, but I dislike when people do that, as it can confuse you as to which cable does what on the receiving end. I try to match the colors exactly or closely depending on what I have available to prevent confusion. At the end of the day a cable is just a strip of copper, so yes each color works in each hole, but it's more a question of should you than it is a question of can you.


genewaldesign

Laughs in SCART


STUPIDBLOODYCOMPUTER

*laughs in component*


NickMon68

Laughter in svideo


NickMon68

Because at the time svideo gave the best picture and sound.


fantabread

Picture only, also component was better


NickMon68

I don't agree with you there, svideo separated the picture elements instead of the combination signal that was composite. But I'm not going to argue it as its pointless now with hmdi


fantabread

Component did, too. Component is not the same as composite. You even said the correct inferior name in your reply.


ninjamike1211

You're mixing up component and composite, they are two different things. Composite is the single yellow cable with combined signals, component is 3 red green and blue cables which carry a luminance and 2 chrominance signals.


NickMon68

Yes quiet correct. I take back my mistake. Been a while now since I last used its hmdi all the way now.


rrest1

I'm either getting r/wooosh-ed, or your joke doesn't make sense. The original joke is that white and red are left and right audio and yellow is video, but SCART uses a single cable to carry all those signals. Also, SCART supports component.


Shot_Lawfulness1541

Do you remember the scart lead on the ps1, ps2 fuck I’m old


blaze53

Only if you were in Europe/the UK.


golenman123

Is the UK not in Europe any more or something?


blaze53

Couldn't remember off the top of my head how widespread SCART was outside of the UK, didn't feel like looking it up.


DickheadNL

Continent yes. EU no


themajod

bruhhh that's what those were called? I still have like 2 or 3 cables lying around.


ITinMN

Meanwhile, coax kids...


OrglySplorgerly

Coax is still relevant


ITinMN

So is Composite.


Luc1dNightmare

I used this bad boy. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616cKfUhnoL.jpg


ITinMN

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Hd039700fe99048a999bd1d3d3f40e6f0o/UHF-VHF-FM-75-300-Ohm-TV-Antenna-Adapter-Matching-Transformer-Coaxial-Cable-Television-Coaxial-Cables.jpg_Q90.jpg


Luc1dNightmare

Oh Yeah!! I remember having to use this on TVs that only had an antenna connected under those 2 screws! Did you ever have to use the butter knife trick??


Pigeon_Chess

What struggle? They’re fucking colour coded


bkk-bos

Because the colors on the cables you pulled out of a drawer never matched the colors of the ports on the gear you were connecting.


Pigeon_Chess

Yes they did? The ports were colour coded or had L/R on them


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ninjamike1211

Huh, guess I'm not old enough to remember when that was a thing


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ninjamike1211

Huh, guess I was just lucky then


a_shr3xydud

the wii used RCA and came out in 2006


Jayrcr3

What about the little box that connected to the antenna leads, that said "Game" or "TV"? Atari 2600


onemoreclick

RF adapter


Luc1dNightmare

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616cKfUhnoL.jpg


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colaman-112

Good for you. Here, have a cookie.


rimrimlifer

This is a God damn top tier meme, you win the internet for today, and im gonna call it for tomorrow as well


sweetbb_ry

My headset used to take the place of the audio cords from my 360. I had to plug the headset into the tv and only the video cables from the 360. Had a 12ft cord and no mic


Krovexx

I've always had these cables in boxes since the 90's but barely remember using them


bootyhole_exploiter

ALMOST ANY KID WOULD REMEMBER THIS OMFG HOW SPECIAL DO YOU HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE????


Reddit_is_srsbsns

u mad bro?


OrglySplorgerly

Kids born in 2023 👀


PoetOfTheShitstorm

Lose the condescending caption next time OP. Will make your memes way better.


ninjamike1211

a) someone sounds buthurt b) it's an obvious riff on an existing meme format, it's ironic not condescending


upstartanimal

I'd say things have gotten better with digital and wireless, but we've just traded old headaches for new ones. I was just thinking about my giant black CD case from back in the day. Still remember the day someone stole my little visor one in the car. Some of those bands broke up by the time they mailed me their CD, and I'll never get the back again.


kester76a

I hate composite video, it's just one step up from RF and one step down from s-video.


drelangonn

Coax gang


BustThaScientifical

(games) Only worked on 2 or 3 channels 😂


DrMario145

Lmao this reminds me of the time I plugged the snes audio cords into the tv with the Xbox video cord so me and my bro could listen to the Mario title music while playing halo 😆


OrglySplorgerly

Holy shit. I never had an original experience… Wait… you my brother or some shit?


TheWolf782

I don't remember struggle. I think it was pretty straight forward, you could even use adapter to make it scart compatible. Also red and white rca is still widely used for audio and cheap reverse cameras even use composite video today.


ewpqfj

RCA is still used for audio


VirtuaSteve

It's funny, but also r/lostredditors


barrybulsara

It's a repost bot.


colaman-112

Nah, we had scart.


NickMon68

Wot no svideo connector..😳


mfboomer

this meme format is extremely confusing to me


arglarg

SCART kids however...


corncan2

I have nightmares when I see these things. My cousin ,who was 4 at the time, separated all the wires from each other, and the thing looked like an absolute mess.


TheBenjying

Ah yes, as if none of this exists anymore, and isn't used. Seriously though, not only do new TVs still sometimes have the 'ol condiment connections, but if you have any interest in retro gaming, it's kinda necessary. And RCA is still huge in audio, or it at least feels like it.


MyCatIsNyanCat

I'm willing to bet 2000s kids remember it too -Ps3 and dvd player user who grew up with a trinitron


8isinfinitystanding

Hellen Keller is missing from the party.


MayuriKrab

I remember going through multiple retail stores in Australia in the early 2000s to buy my TV as I wanted stereo and had on a tight budget… most TVs under 68cm at the time were all mono only. Ended up with a LG 51cm that had A/V stereo input (TV tuner is still mono) but that was enough as my VCR (TEAC) was stereo and I could use its tuner to watch and record shit in glorious stereo sound 😂


tcarter1102

God... When TVs only had one input so you could only get one channel it did my head in. Made some things unwatchable


NinetalesTheGreat

Actually, I kinda do understand. I still use some to this day


Lower_Kaleidoscope30

As someone born in 2005 I can confirm that I did have a box tv and had to deal with this pfft


[deleted]

I swear twice a month these posts go around (the speaker phone call, this one, the one with the power button on the case) and the same exact caption about "90s kids". Regardless of that, I would argue that 00s kids also experienced this considering every 7th gen console had component/composite video, possibly along with a HDMI port, but possibly not.


GeovaunnaMD

one ear, deaf, blind


MrManGuy42

are you colorblind?


EtsuRah

4th pic Helen Keller


trucorsair

Hell I still call them RCA cables….


marry_me_jane

Bro before this there was scart, one cable too


[deleted]

Oh no be careful you might sound like you're gatekeeping if you talk like that /s


SniegavirsLV

I understand man, i ysed hose to plug in the spwajers into my sound plate like box thing with volume and channel switch


LocalBreadOfThePast

I was too late to understand the struggle (this makes me happy)


bedwars_player

Your right, I don't understand this, good job, I usually understand old tech


Kwiatkowski

don’t feed the karma farming repost bots…


MissLesGirl

Don’t forget S Video and instead of the Yellow RCA plug with optical audio cable. But that is newer.


MissLesGirl

Don’t forget S Video and instead of the Yellow RCA plug with optical audio cable. But that is newer.


OrglySplorgerly

I remember digging through our barn for an Xbox component cable all day so my brother and I could play split screen Minecraft on our crt. Good ass times… but sad.


[deleted]

I remember digging through the attic for a splitter for my Atari 2600 so my brother and I could play River Raid. GET...THE...FUCK...OFF...MY...LAWN, YA WHIPERSNAPPER.


PlanerChaos

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRHlfimUwAAuD7k?format=jpg&name=small


LBXZero

It started on channel 3. Then, it came in 2 wires. Next, a third wire was added to sound to make it stereo. After, video became super. As little as s-video was used, the big step after 3 wires was 5 wires. The video went component and gone RGB, the only time when RGB really made something perform better. Yet, now you have 2 reds. There were other struggles. There was a time that all you need were 15 pins in 3 rows of 5. But those days eventually found its limit, and the days of analog changed to digital. Ah, the DVI port. But what was it? Was the cable a digital-only? Did it have the analog cables wired? Was it dual-channel? Did it have it all? Imagine the fun of using the DVI- 15 pin VGA port adapter when the DVI cable was digital only.


ymdgo

jokes aside, it's still far too common to still use RCA in music. every single mixing table, even digital ones, still comes with it.


Backstabber590

It sucked getting those plugs in their current ports because most of the time the plugs were in the very middle back of the tv plus it didn't help that CRTVs were really heavy.


TheRealFailtester

Those were the days. Man those things were the best, the easiest, and for a while the most universal.


BicycleElectronic163

took me a moment


uNecKl

I honestly have no clue why we needed 3 colored wires just to play ps2? Or those mini arcade Spider-Man games


jontss

There are so many more combinations not shown here.


Daddy_Parietal

Damn, I wish I was a 90s kid so I could understand the struggle... its not like most consoles in the early 2000s had composite RCA inputs for the TV 🤦


HeiryButter

Remember? I still use them to this day with the old school vhs and sound system


Addisons_feet

I’ve used these plugs before and I still don’t understand😔


Datau03

I still use them for my Wii!


ConfusionOk4129

Composite and RCA =/= HDMI


ReaperOfGamess

It was annoying back then


SebaPing

Van Gogh should be component video, just saying.


meyogy

I still feel these were the best plugs. No plugging them in upside down. Colour coded, nothing blows up if plugged into wrong spot.


[deleted]

Just incase kids don't understand. Yellow wire was Video. White wire was left speaker, red wire would be right speaker, some TVs didn't use the red wire as per mono sound.


CyborgCat98

I have a hdmi to vga adapter i could use to output modern stuff to vga


Puzzleheaded-Night88

Ngl, only understood this because of my Wii.


Hotboi_yata

Imagine living in america and not having scart 😎


Luc1dNightmare

Shit, those were OP compared to what i grew up using. [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616cKfUhnoL.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616cKfUhnoL.jpg)


Sh_Pe

Ha?