Scart

SCART makes it easy to connect AV equipment (including TVs, VCRs, DVD players and game consoles). In essence, it gathers together various common analog signal types into a single connector. Previously, each of these would have had their own socket, requiring numerous separate connections (and a "spaghetti" type mass of leads). The signals carried by SCART include both composite and RGB(with composite synchronisation) video, and stereo audio input/output.

 The SCART connector first appeared on television sets in 1977. It became compulsory on all new television sets sold in France starting from January 1980.