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Old 05-24-2012, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
If you are talking about the 4 pin video connector SVHS is not the correct name for it S-video is (the S is for separate as in the chroma and luminance signals are separate). SVHS is a video tape recording format. These terms tend to get mixed up quite often by most people BTW.
The same thing happens when a "VGA" input is mentioned. That connector is called an HD-15. VGA was the IBM name for their (then) high-performance computer output signal, Video Graphics Array.
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