This is a list of physical RF and video connectors and related video signal standards.
Physical connectors ImageClass or connector nameUsed forNotesRF connectors (radio frequency signals). Generally use coaxial cable types such as RG-6 and RG-59 (except for twin-lead). Belling-Lee/IEC 169-2 connectorTV aerial plug (a.k.a. antenna plug)Television antenna connection for most video devices outside North America. Used by early home computers and game consoles to connect them to TVs because of the lack of any other connector.Generally not used in North America.BNCAlternative to RCA for professional video electronics. Protocols: Serial digital interface (SDI) and HD-SDI. CoaXPress75 Ω for video signal (SDI and CoaXPress) on, for example, RG59 and RG6.50 Ω for data link, like Ethernet on RG58.93 Ω on RG62.50 Ω (white/bottom row) and 75 Ω C connectors (red/top row)C connector (Concelman connector)General Radio 874 connectorsGR connector (General Radio connector)Mostly seen on the company's test equipment.Uniquely "hermaphrodite" connector, i.e. no male/female pairing. cf. Anderson connectorF connectorUsed for most North American TV antenna connections, as well as satellite and cable systems worldwide. Also common in North America for early home computers and game consoles, older VCRs, RF modulators, and even CECBs due to lack of other connectors.Once not used outside North America for TV antennas (except for satellite reception), but gaining acceptance elsewhere with advent of digital TV.N connector (Neill connector)Mostly seen on professional quality VHF and UHF cables and equipment.Generally 50 Ω but has been manufactured as 75 Ω; difference being thinner centre connectors; not reliably interconnected.TNC connector (left), compared with BNC (right)Threaded Neill-Concelman connector (TNC)Twin-leadUsed for older TV antenna installations in the US and various other countries worldwide. Current use generally limited to baluns to adapt 300 Ω twin-lead to/from 75 Ω F connector.Replaced by F connector in North America and Belling-Lee Connector in other countries outside North America.UHF connector (e.g. PL-259/SO-239)Despite its name, now most commonly seen on higher-power HF radio equipment, e.g. SSB transceivers. A popular choice for amateur radio enthusiasts.50 Ω
D-subminiature family ImageClass or connector nameUsed forNotesCGA, MDA, EGA, PGC connector (DE-9)The historical connector used by MDA, CGA, EGA graphic cards is a female nine-pin D-subminiature (DE-9). The signal standard and pinout are backward-compatible with CGA, allowing EGA monitors to be used on CGA cards and vice versa. The IBM PGC from 1985 also used this connector but with a different pinout.Early VGA and PGC-derived cards used this connector based on the PGC pinout.VGA connector (DE-15)Became a nearly ubiquitous analog computer display connector after first being introduced with IBM x86 machines. Older VGA connectors were DE-9 (9-pin). The modern DE-15 connector can carry Display Data Channel to allow the monitor to communicate with the graphics card, and optionally vice versa.VGA pinout and signals @ pinouts.ruBeing replaced by DVI from 1999 onward.DB13W3Analog computer video, colour and monochrome. Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, IBM RISC, Intergraph and some Apple Computer computer workstations.Obsolete; replaced by VGA and DVI. Same connector was used by 3Com for a redundant PSU on the 3300 switch family.
DVI-related ImageClass or connector nameUsed forNotesSingle-link DVI-D male plug. Dual-link DVI-D male plug.Digital Visual Interface (DVI). Five variants are: DVI-I single link, DVI-I dual link, DVI-D single link, DVI-D dual link, and DVI-A.Male Mini-DVI plug on top of a 12-inch PowerBook G4; female port is second from left.Mini-DVIVGA, DVI, television. Apple Computer alternative to Mini-VGA.Often now replaced by Mini DisplayPort.Female Micro-DVI port (rightmost) on MacBook AirMicro-DVIDVI-D dual linkReplaced with Mini DisplayPort.DMS-59twin DVI (for two monitors via an adapter cable)Apple Display ConnectorCombines DVI, USB, and power.HDMI connector plugs (male): Type D (Micro), Type C (Mini), and Type A.High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)High definition digital video devices (HDMI protocol)Electrically compatible with DVI-D and DVI-I, but not DVI-A, using a simple adapter.
DIN/Mini-DIN ImageClass or connector nameUsed forNotesDIN-style 10-pinCCJ connectorMini-DIN 4-pinS-Video (separate video, split video, super-video, or Y/C)Various Mini-DIN configurationsVarious systems and protocols - see Mini-DIN for details
Others ImageClass or connector nameUsed forNotes Three RCA connectors - yellow for composite video, and white and red for stereo audioRCA connectorWidely used in consumer electronics for audio and video.A single connector must be used for each signal.SCARTConsumer electronics, mostly in Europe. Carries analog stereo sound, along with composite video and/or RGB video. Some devices also support S-Video, which shares the same pins as composite video and RGB. is also sometimes supported as a non-standard extension via the RGB pins.D-TerminalPopular in Japan for analog high definition video. Available resolutions are specified as D1 through D5.PDMIAdvent Vega Dell Streak Boeing Black30 pin receptacle including the following electrical interfaces: 2-lane DisplayPort v1.1a, USB 3.0, USB On-The-Go, Analog stereo line-out, HDMI CEC for remote control, high output power line from both host and portable deviceMale Mini-VGA plug on top of an Apple laptop, female port is second from right.Mini-VGA (used for laptops)Used for laptops, especially from Apple Computer and some from Sony.AV Multi (gold-plated male plug)AV MultiSony proprietary. Combines composite video, S-Video, RGsB/ (both use same pins) and stereophonic sound (two analog channels).Used for all analog audio and video out on for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. (A few early original PlayStation models featured RCA outs for composite video and stereo analog audio in addition to the AV Multi connector.)35-pin MicroCross Molex connectorVESA Enhanced Video Connector and VESA Plug and Display (a.k.a. M1-DA) both used this connector with slightly different pin assignments. These schemes combined VGA or digital video, audio, FireWire, and USB signals into a single connector.Deprecated. Made obsolete by DFP and later DVI.HDI-45Apple proprietary. Combines Analog VGA out, stereo analog audio out, analog microphone in, S-video capture in, Apple desktop bus interface.Proprietary connector used on Apple Macintosh Centris computers, and the Apple AudioVision 14 Display. An attempt by Apple to deal with cable clutter, by combining five separate cables from computer to monitor.Female port (20-pin)Digital Flat Panel (DFP)Used with the PanelLink digital video protocol.Deprecated. Made obsolete by DVI.3D model of a UDI connectorUnified Display InterfaceProposed to replace both DVI and HDMI. Deprecated by Intel in favor of DisplayPort.3.5 mm TRRS connector (male)3.5 mm ( in) TRRS and TRS connectorAnalog camcorders commonly use a 3.5 mm four-contact TRRS connector to carry composite video and stereo audio.Jack appears identical to more common three-contact stereo audio-only (Walkman) 3.5 mm TRS connector.DisplayPortDisplayPort (DP) was designed to replace VGA, DVI, and FPD-Link and standardized by VESA."DisplayPort Technical Overview" (PDF). VESA.org. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012 It is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor. It can also carry audio, USB, and other forms of data. DisplayPort is backward compatible with other interfaces such as HDMI and DVI through the use of active or passive adapters.Male Mini DisplayPort plugMini DisplayPortProposed alternative to HDMI, used with computer displays: (VGA, DVI) Apple Inc.'s successor to their own Mini-DVI.The same connector is used for Intel's Thunderbolt 1 and 2, developed in cooperation with Apple.HDBaseT (8P8C modular connector)Used for transmission of uncompressed high-definition video, audio, Ethernet, high-power over cable and various controls, via a 100 m Cat5e/Cat6 cable with 8P8C modular connectors of the type commonly used for telephone and Ethernet LAN connections.USB-CUSB-C and Thunderbolt 3 and later can deliver DisplayPort over USB-C signalling.
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