Composite video
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Composite video is an analog video format that typically carries a 525 or 625 line signal on a single channel, unlike the higher-quality S-Video and the even higher-quality component video.
On consumer products a yellow RCA connector is typically used for composite video.
Enlarged detail from a video source exhibiting dot crawl. Note the distinctive checkerboard pattern on the vertical edges between yellow and blue areas.
Rear of the Polish Elwro 800 Junior computer. DIN output carries a composite video signal to an external monitor.
Intergraph Intense3D Voodoo Rush with TV-out; S-video (topmost connector) and composite video (yellow RCA connector below)
Video
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Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems, which, in turn, were replaced by flat-panel displays of several types.
Composite video (single channel RCA)
S-Video (2-channel YC)
Component video (3-channel YPbPr)
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