This is a list of physical RF and video connectors and related video signal standards.
| Image | Class or connector name | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RF connectors (radio frequency signals). Generally usecoaxial cable types such asRG-6 andRG-59 (except for twin-lead). | |||
 Belling-Lee/IEC 169-2 connector | TV 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. |
 | BNC | Alternative to RCA for professional video electronics. Protocols:
| 75 Ω for video signal (SDI andCoaXPress) on, for example,RG59 andRG6. 50 Ω for data link, likeEthernet onRG58. 93 Ω onRG62. |
 50 Ω (white/bottom row) and 75 Ω C connectors (red/top row) | C connector (Concelman connector) | ||
 General Radio 874 connectors | GR connector (General Radio connector) | Mostly seen on the company's test equipment. | Uniquely "hermaphrodite" connector, i.e. no male/female pairing. cf.Anderson connector |
 | F connector | Used for most North American TV antenna connections, as well assatellite andcable systems worldwide. Also common in North America for early home computers and game consoles, older VCRs,RF modulators, and evenCECBs 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-lead | Used for older TV antenna installations in the US and various other countries worldwide. Current use generally limited tobaluns 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 |
| Image | Class or connector name | Used for | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGA,MDA,EGA connector (DE-9) | The historical connector used by MDA, EGA and CGA 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. | Early VGA cards also used this connector. | |
 | VGA connector (DE-15) | Became a nearly ubiquitous analog computer display connector after first being introduced withIBM x86 machines. Older VGA connectors wereDE-9 (9-pin). The modernDE-15 connector can carryDisplay Data Channel to allow the monitor to communicate with the graphics card, and optionally vice versa.[1] | Being replaced by DVI from 1999 onward. | |
 | DB13W3 | Analog computer video, color and monochrome.Sun Microsystems,Silicon Graphics,IBM RISC,Intergraph and someApple Computercomputer workstations. | Obsolete; replaced by VGA and DVI. Same connector was used by3Com for a redundantPSU on the 3300 switch family. |
| Image | Class or connector name | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Single-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-DVI | VGA,DVI,television.Apple Computer alternative to Mini-VGA. | Often now replaced by Mini DisplayPort. |
 Female Micro-DVI port (rightmost) onMacBook Air | Micro-DVI | DVI-D dual link | Replaced with Mini DisplayPort. |
.jpg) | DMS-59 | twinDVI (for two monitors via an adapter cable) | |
 | Apple Display Connector | Combines 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. |
| Image | Class or connector name | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | DIN-style 10-pin | CCJ connector | |
 | Mini-DIN 4-pin | S-Video (separate video, split video, super-video, or Y/C) | |
| VariousMini-DIN configurations | Various systems and protocols - seeMini-DIN for details |
| Image | Class or connector name | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Three RCA connectors - yellow forcomposite video, and white and red for stereo audio | RCA connector | Widely used inconsumer electronics for audio and video. | A single connector must be used for each signal. |
 | SCART | Consumer electronics, mostly in Europe. Carries analogstereo sound, along withcomposite video and/orRGB video. Some devices also supportS-Video, which shares the same pins as composite video and RGB.YPBPR is also sometimes supported as a non-standard extension via the RGB pins. | |
 | D-Terminal | Popular inJapan for analoghigh definition video. Available resolutions are specified as D1 through D5. | |
.jpg) | PDMI | 30 pin receptacle including the following electrical interfaces: 2-laneDisplayPort v1.1a,USB 3.0,USB On-The-Go, Analog stereoline-out,HDMI CEC for remote control, high output power line from both host and portable device | |
 Male Mini-VGA plug on top of an Apple laptop, female port is second from right. | Mini-VGA (used for laptops) | Used for laptops, especially fromApple Computer and some fromSony. | |
.jpg) _(cropped).jpg) AV Multi (gold-plated male plug) | AV Multi | Sony proprietary. Combinescomposite video,S-Video,RGsB/YPBPR (both use same pins) andstereophonic sound (two analog channels). | Used for all analog audio and video out on for thePlayStation,PlayStation 2 andPlayStation 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 connector | VESA Enhanced Video Connector andVESA 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-45 | Apple proprietary. Combines Analog VGA out, stereo analog audio out, analog microphone in, S-video capture in,Apple desktop bus interface. | Proprietary connector used on AppleMacintosh Centris computers, and theApple 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 thePanelLink digital video protocol. | Deprecated. Made obsolete by DVI. |
3D model of a UDI connector | Unified Display Interface | Proposed to replace both DVI and HDMI. Deprecated byIntel in favor ofDisplayPort. | |
 3.5 mm TRRS connector (male) | 3.5 mm (1⁄8 in) TRRS andTRS connector | Analog camcorders commonly use a 3.5 mm four-contactTRRS 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. |
 | DisplayPort | DisplayPort (DP) was designed to replace VGA, DVI, and FPD-Link and standardized by VESA.[2] 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 plug | Mini DisplayPort | Proposed alternative to HDMI, used with computer displays: (VGA,DVI)Apple Inc.'s successor to their ownMini-DVI. | The same connector is used forIntel'sThunderbolt connector, 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. |
| Signal standard name | Introduction year | Connector | Type | Max. resolution | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite video | 1956[3] | 1RCA,BNC,TV Aerial Plug,Mini-VGA,DIN 5-pin,[4] SCART 21-pin | Analog | 576 lines tv compatible 625 lines tv compatible | Consumer electronics, includingVCR andLaserDisc, 1970–1980shome computers like theVIC-20, 1980s–1990s videogame consoles, somelaptops, somesingle-board computers like theRaspberry Pi | Used withPAL,NTSC orSECAM color. |
| RGBS | 1977 | SCART 21-pin (a.ka.Peritel), JP-21 | Consumer electronics, Early home computers such as CommodoreAmiga,Acorn Archimedes and variousgaming consoles such as theMega Drive andSuper NES | SCART is aEuropean "unified" A/V interface for bi-directional stereo audio,composite video ands-video, and unidirectionalRGBS and data. YPBPR is also available in some non-standard set-ups via the RGB pins. | ||
| S-Video (a.k.a. separate video, split video, super-video, and Y/C) | 1979 | 1Mini-DIN 4-pin, 1 Mini-DIN 7-pin, 1Mini-VGA, 2BNC, 2RCA connectors,8-pin DIN,[4] SCART 21-pin | S-VHS, somelaptop computers, analogbroadcast video, 1980-1990shome computers including theCommodore 64,C128 andAtari 8-bit computers | The 4-pin mini-DIN that is most common in consumer products today debuted inJVC's 1987S-VHS. The 7-pin mini-DIN is commonly used on laptops. Used withPAL,NTSC orSECAM color. Where two connectors are used, they are labeledChroma andLuma. | ||
| MDA | 1981 | DE-9 | Digital | 720 × 350 @ 50, Text only | IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT and compatibles | |
| RGBI (CGA) | 640 × 200 @ 60 | |||||
| DE-9 | ||||||
| HGC | 1982 | DE-9[5] | 720 × 348 @ 50 | |||
| EGA | 1984 | DE-9 | 640 × 350 @ 60 | |||
| Amiga video | 1985 | DB23 | Both, GenLock | 1280 × 400/512 @ 30/25 | Commodore Amiga | Similar toSCART, but also includes a digital RGBI signal,Genlock clock, composite sync and +12/+5VDC power[6] |
| RGBHV | 1987 | VGA connector (DE-15/HD-15), DE-9, separateBNC connectors,Mini-VGA,DVI/Mini-DVI/Micro-DVI. | Analog | 2048 × 1536 @ 85[7] | The VGA connector was Introduced withIBM x86 machines, but became a universal analog display interface.Display Data Channel was later added to allow monitors to identify themselves to graphic cards, and graphic cards to modify monitor settings. | Successor analog protocols includeSVGA,XGA, etc. DVI is a more modern digital alternative. Where BNC is used, available as 3 connectors withSync on Green, or 5 connector Red / Green / Blue / Horizontal Sync / Vertical sync. |
| Mac-II/QuadraDA15F | 1152 × 870 @ 75[8] | Macintosh | Mac-DA15F andSun-13W3 were similar in capability to VGA. Some Sun machines used 4 or 5BNC connectors to transfer video signal. | |||
| 1990 | 13W3 DB13W3 | 1152 × 900 @ 76 | Workstations.Sun, SGI et al. | |||
| Gigabit Video Interface (GVIF) | 1996 | Digital | Automotive | Sony proprietary | ||
| OpenLDI | 1998 | MDR36 | LVDS Digital | |||
| YPBPR (a.k.a. component video) | 1990s | 3RCA orBNC connectors,Apple-AAUI,D-Terminal, SCART 21-pin | Analog | 1920 × 1080 @ 60[9] | Consumer electronics | Also referred to asComponent video andYUV D-Terminal usesvoltage levels to signalresolution. |
| Digital Visual Interface (DVI) | 1999 | DVI,Mini-DVI,Micro-DVI | Both | 2560 × 1600 @ 60 3840 × 2400 @ 33 | Video cards | Almost a ubiquitous computer display link. Uncompressed video only.High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) encryption is optional. |
| 2000 | Apple Display Connector (ADC) | 2560 × 1600 @ 60 | Apple Inc. Macintoshes and monitors | Proprietary connector designed to combine DVI-I, USB, and monitor power | ||
| Serial digital interface (SDI) | 2003 | BNC | Digital | From 143 Mbit/s to 12 Gbit/s, depending on variant.480i,576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, UHDTV1, UHDTV2 | Broadcast video. Variants include SD-SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, 6G-SDI, 12G-SDI.[10] | |
| High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) | 2003 | 19 pin HDMI Type A/C | 10240 x 4320 @ 120 (version 2.1)[11] | Many A/V systems and video cards (including motherboards with IGP) | High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) encryption is mandatory. | |
| DisplayPort | 2007 | 20-pin (external) 32-pin (internal) | LVDS Digital | 10240 × 4320 @ 60 15360 × 8640 @ 60 (version 2.0) | Apple Inc.Lenovo,HP, andDell systems and monitors ATIRV670 based graphics cards and NVIDIAG92 graphics cards (both as OEM optional implementations) | DisplayPort introduced the128-bitAES to replaceHDCP. DisplayPort version 1.1 added support forHDCP. |
| DiiVA | 2008 | 13-pin | Digital | 2560 × 1600 @ 75 4096 × 2160 @ 24 | A/V systems | High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). |
| HDBaseT | 2010 | 8P8C | 4096 × 2160 @ 24 | A/V systems, data at 10.2 Gbit/s, power up to100 watts | ||
| CoaXPress | BNC connector,DIN 1.0/2.3 | Machine vision and industrial cameras | Supports 20.83 Mbit/s uplink channel and power over the samecoaxial cable | |||
| Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) | 5 pin | 1920 × 1080 @ 60 3840 × 2160 @ 30 (version 3.0) 7680 × 4320 @ 120 (superMHL) | Connecting mobile devices to TVs | SupportsHigh-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) |
