List of video connectors

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This is a list of physical video connectors and related video signal standards. For other video-related standards, please see the main article, video.

[edit] By signal standard

Signal standard name	Year introduced	Connector	Analog or digital	Max resolution (X-pix x Y-pix @ Hz)	Used for	Notes
Composite video	1956 ^[1]	1 RCA, BNC, Antenna socket, or Mini-VGA	Analog	480i @ 59.94 Hz, 576i @ 50 Hz	Consumer electronics, including VCR and LaserDisc, 1980s-1990s video game consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System, 1970-1980s home computers like the Commodore VIC-20, some laptop computers	Used with PAL, NTSC or SECAM color
S-Video	1979	1 Mini-DIN 4 pin, 1 Mini-VGA, 2 BNC, 2 RCA connector	Analog	480i @ 59.94 Hz, 576i @ 50 Hz	S-VHS, some laptop computers, analog broadcast video, 1980-1990s home computers including the Commodore C64, C128 and the Atari 8-bit family	The 4 pin mini-DIN that is most common in consumer products today debuted in JVC's 1987 S-VHS. Used with PAL, NTSC or SECAM color
SCART	1977	SCART 21-pin	Analog	480i @ 59.94 Hz, 576i @ 50 Hz	European Union "unified" A/V interface, Commodore Amiga and various video games	Unified interface for composite video, composite sync RGB, audio and S-video. Composite and s-video are used with PAL, NTSC or SECAM color
CGA	1981	DE-9	Digital	640 x 200 @ 60	Pre-i80386 x86 machines
MDA	1981	DE-9	Digital	720 x 350 @ 50, Text only
HGC	1982	DE-9^[2]	Digital	720 x 348 @ 50
EGA	1984	DE-9	Digital	640 x 350 @ 60
Amiga video	1985	DB23	Both, GenLock	1280 x 400/512 @ 60/50	Commodore Amiga	Similar to SCART, but also includes a digital RGBI signal, genlock clock, composite sync and +12/+5VDC power ^[3]
VGA	1987	VGA connector variants include DE-15/HD-15 (canonical), DE-9, and Mini-VGA. Also carried by Mini-DVI.	Analog	2048 x 1536 @ 85 ^[4]	Introduced with IBM x86 machines, but became a universal analog display interface. VESA 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 include SVGA, XGA, etc. DVI is a more modern digital alternative.
Mac-II/Quadra	1987	DA15F	Analog	1152 x 870 @ 75	Macintosh	Mac-DA15F and Sun-13W3 were similar in capability to VGA. Some Sun machines used 4 or 5 BNC connectors to transfer video signal.
13W3	1990	DB13W3	Analog	1152 x 900 @ 76	Sun computer systems
OpenLDI	1998	MDR36	LVDS Digital
Component video	1990s	3 RCA or BNC	Analog	1920×1080 @ 60	consumer electronics	Usually YPbPr
D-Terminal	1990s	Apple-AAUI	Analog	1920×1080 @ 60	Japanese consumer electronics	Uses component video and resolution selection via voltage levels.
Digital Visual Interface (DVI)	1999	DVI, Mini-DVI, Micro-DVI	Both	2560 x 1600 @ 60	Recent video cards	Almost a ubiquitous computer display link. Uncompressed video only. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Encryption is optional.
ADC	2000	Apple-ADC	Both	2560 x 1600 @ 60	Apple Inc. Macintoshes and monitors	Proprietary connector with DVI signals
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)	2003	HDMI Type A/C	Digital	2560 x 1600 @ 75	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)	Digital	2560 x 1600 @ 75	Apple Inc. and Dell monitors upcoming: ATI RV670 based graphics cards and NVIDIA G92 graphics cards (both as OEM optional implementations)	DisplayPort introduced the 128bit-AES to replace HDCP. DisplayPort version 1.1 added support for HDCP.
Serial Digital Interface		BNC	Digital	From 143 Mbit/s to 2.970 Gbit/s, depending on variant. 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p.	Broadcast video. Variants include SD-SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, 3G-SDI.

[edit] Physical connectors

Image	Class or connector name	Used for	Notes
RF connectors (analog radio frequency signals). Generally use coaxial cable types such as RG-6 and RG-59 (except for twin-lead).
Belling-Lee connector / IEC 169-2 connector	TV aerial plug, (a.k.a. PAL connector in Europe)	Most video devices in the world (other than the United States) connected directly to a roof antenna. Used by early home computers and game consoles to connect them to TVs because the lack of any other connector.	Generally not used in the United States.
	BNC (Bayonet Neill-Concelman)	Alternative to RCA for professional video electronics. Protocols: Serial Digital Interface (SDI) and HD-SDI.	75 Ω for video signal on, for example, RG59 e RG6. 50 Ω for data link, like Ethernet on RG58. 93 Ω on RG62.
50Ω (white/bottom row)and 75Ω C connectors (red/top row)	C connector (Concelman connector)
	GR connector (General Radio connector)
	F connector	Used for U.S. TV antenna installations and satellite and cable systems worldwide. Also common in U.S. for early home computers & game consoles, older VCRs, RF modulators, and even CECBs due to lack of other connectors.
	N connector (Neill connector)
TNC connector (left), compared with BNC (right)	Threaded Neill-Concelman connector (TNC)
	Twin-lead	Used for older U.S. TV antenna installations. Current use generally limited to baluns to adapt 300Ω twin-lead to/from 75Ω F connector.	Replaced by F connector.
	UHF connector (e.g. PL-259/SO-239)
D-subminiature family
DE-15 male plug.	VGA connector (DE-15 is a common variant.)	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 VESA Display Data Channel to allow the monitor to communicate with the graphics card, and optionally vice versa.^[5]	Being replaced by DVI from 1990 onwards.^{[citation needed]}
	DB13W3	Analog computer video, color 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
Single-link DVI-D male plug. Dual-link DVI-D male plug.	Digital Visual Interface (DVI). 5 variants are: DVI-I single link, DVI-I dual link, DVI-D single, DVI-D double, and DVI-A.	Almost ubiquitous for modern computer video cards.
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.
Female Micro-DVI port (rightmost) on MacBook Air	Micro-DVI	DVI-D dual link
	DMS-59	DVI dual link
	Apple Display Connector	Combines DVI, USB, and power.
One of the 3 HDMI variants, male plug.	High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)	High definition digital video devices (HDMI protocol)	Electrically compatible with DVI-D and DVD-I, using a simple adapter.
DIN/Mini-DIN
	Mini-DIN 4-pin	S-Video
	Various Mini-DIN configurations	Various systems and protocols - see Mini-DIN for details
Others
3 RCA connectors - yellow for composite video, and white and red for stereo audio	RCA connector	Widely used in consumer electronics for audio and video.	A single connector must be used for each signal.
	SCART	Consumer electronics, mostly in Europe. Carries stereophonic audio (analog), along with either composite video or RGB video. Some devices support S-Video sharing the same pins as composite video and RGB.
D4 video connector	D-Terminal	Popular in Japan for analog high definition video. Available sizes are D1 through D5.	Replacing RCA connectors.^{[citation needed]}
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 from Apple Computer and some from Sony.
AV Multi (gold-plated male plugs)	AV Multi	Sony proprietary. Combines composite video, S-Video, RGB, component video, and stereophonic sound (two analog channels).
	35-pin MicroCross Molex connector	VESA 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.	Defunct, obsoleted by DFP and later DVI
	HDI-45	Apple proprietary. Combinines VGA, stereo audio and ADB.	Used only once
Female port (20-pin)	Digital Flat Panel	Used with the PanelLink digital video protocol.	Obsoleted by DVI
	Unified Display Interface		Proposed to replace both DVI and HDMI. Deprecated by Intel in favor of DisplayPort.
	3.5mm (⅛") TRS connector	Analog camcorders commonly use a 3.5mm 4-contact TRS connector to carry composite video and stereo audio.	Jack appears identical to more common 3-contact stereo audio-only (Walkman) 3.5mm TRS connector.
	DisplayPort	DisplayPort is also the name of the protocol, which is proposed to replace DVI for computer monitors, and consumer electronics (such as home theatre systems).
Male Mini DisplayPort plug	Mini DisplayPort	Proposed alternative to HDMI, used with computer displays: (VGA, DVI) Apple Inc.'s successor to their own Mini-DVI.