Well, we always hoped it would happen. And today, unexpectedly, it did. We sold our SCART connector. What is SCART, you ask? Well, while I think that question could best be answered by the Syndicat des Constructeurs d’Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs, I’ll go ahead and give you a little primer. It’s a connector found mostly in France and the EU, that has some pretty neat capabilities. Do we advocate rewiring your entire house to utilize it? Absolutely.

We’ve had this lone SCART connector kicking around the shop, baffling inquirers for some time. Today, an amazing milestone: we sold it. The last of the SCART (not to be confused with the more ubiquitous SCAT)(sidenote: could “The SCARTman” have a novelty career like “The Scatman”?) connectors from a period wherein, to quote Mikey, “SCART connectors were really popular for awhile 2 or 3 years ago.”

But, sadly, those glory days, as always, have faded. The last SCART connector walked out our doors with the smiling couple above. While it was sad to see our little SCART go, we were happy to see it go to such a good home. But as HDMI becomes ubiquitous across the EU, and SCART slowly fades into obscurity, we definitely feel the twinge of a bigger loss. Just not of picture resolution.