Re: Television cable needed for a PS3
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:16:17AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 08:03:28AM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:14:47PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > > The PS3 has two outputs i have cables for, (...) and a standard
> > > 3-cable set (one red/white pair for the sound, and one yellow for
> > > the video). (...) altough i don't know the name for it, but i guess
> > > that coaxial antena cable or something such fits best.
> >
> > The connectors themselves are called RCA plug or phono plug or
> > CINCH/AV connector. The signal running over them is called "composite
> > video and stereo audio". See
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector .
> >
> > What I would understand by "coaxial antenna cable" would be one with
> > a Belling-Lee / IEC 169-2 connector
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_169-2) or an F connector
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector).
>
> Hehe, which is why i described them as "red/white+yellow connectors", which i
> guess is unambigous, but Geert replied he didn't know about this (in private).
Hehe, he didn't know about it, because i wrote :
Well, the connectors i have are of two kind, either an HDMI connector, or a
3 color thingy (red/blue/yellow), which i guess is of the antena kind.
which should have been red/white/yellow, obviously.
So much for this stupid ban thingy, i should never have agreed to it in the
first place, as it doesn't help to get communication happening.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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