Heirarchy of Sync in Analog Signal Video Cables (Chart!)

clutchins · Post by **clutchins** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:43 pm

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Recently I completed the first draft of this handy spreadsheet to help me learn about the different kinds of sync in analog video cables. I figured I would share this with everybody here. Also, I wanted to kind of spot-check the accuracy of all this information.

Questions, comments, concerns, letters, and hate mail are duly appreciated.

Fusion916 · Post by **Fusion916** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:33 pm

It would probably be more helpful to compile a chart showing which consoles output which type of video and sync natively.

Ikaruga11 · Post by **Ikaruga11** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:46 am

RF is missing

Guspaz · Post by **Guspaz** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:41 am

RGsB is just green+sync, not green+luma+chroma+sync. Compatibility is a lot more widespread than you'd think: I'd imagine most computer monitors that support VGA will accept it.

clutchins · Post by **clutchins** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:19 pm

GeneraLight wrote:RF is missing

What should I put for RF?

bobrocks95 · Post by **bobrocks95** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:27 pm

It's basically composite + mono audio as I understand it.

speedlolita · Post by **speedlolita** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:37 pm

clutchins wrote:
GeneraLight wrote:RF is missing
What should I put for RF?

"Garbage, avoid."

Ikaruga11 · Post by **Ikaruga11** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:50 am

bobrocks95 wrote:It's basically composite + mono audio as I understand it.

Composite video + mono audio in one cable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_modulator

Nintendo made RF cables for systems until the Wii. RF was the most common way to hook up video game consoles to TVs until composite video became more popular.

NJRoadfan · Post by **NJRoadfan** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:55 pm

RF is fully capable of carrying stereo audio via the BTSC/MTS system used by broadcasters in the US. Game console RF modulators never implemented it due to manufacturers having to pay royalties to patent holder dbx. There were a few standalone modulators that did encode MTS stereo audio, but they came out much later.

h1ghju1ce · Post by **h1ghju1ce** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:35 am

Nice table

RF can carry NTSC or PAL colour space

PAL RF uses a different connector: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling-Lee_connector

Composite and S-Video can also carry the PAL colour space

SCART connector also carry's Stereo Audio

VGA can also use 5x BNC connectors - BNC (Bayonet Neill–Concelman, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
VGA connector also called "DE-15 connector"

You could maybe also add fields for bandwidth and maximum resolution the spec can handle.
That can then show one of the key ways that signal quality increases as bandwidth increases

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