Hardware
CABLES
There are oodles of different types of cables which we’ll utilise in the industry. They can be loosely divided into three main categories: video, audio, and control according to what type of information they carry. Essentially cables carry signals via a medium from one point to another and therefore can further be divided in terms of which type of signal they carry: i.e. analogue or digital.
VIDEO | AUDIO | CONTROL |
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| Kettle Plugs |
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| These can be either mini or full |
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| ‐ Identification: These are your |
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| standard kettle‐looking cables, |
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| so called because that’s what |
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| they were originally used for. |
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| ‐ Usage: Kettle plugs are control |
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| cables which carry the power to |
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| control specific devices |
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BNC Cable |
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‐ Identification: This is the cable |
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with the round head; the metal |
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prong in the centre; plastic |
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around that; and metal round |
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that |
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‐ Usage: This is a video cable |
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only. |
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This is the cable that would go |
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into monitors, video machines, |
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basically anything that carries a |
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high quality video output |
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