Physical connector reference for video glitch art setups.

RCA

The ubiquitous yellow (video), red/white (audio) connectors. Carries composite video. Found on virtually all consumer analog video equipment.

BNC

Professional version of composite/SDI connections. Locking mechanism prevents accidental disconnection. Common on professional equipment, Extron devices, and SDI gear. RCA-to-BNC adapters are cheap and widely available.

S-Video (4-pin mini-DIN)

Round 4-pin connector for S-Video signals. Found on many mixers and effects boxes from the 90s-2000s era.

VGA (DE-15)

15-pin connector for analog computer video (RGBHV). Blue connector typically. Carried analog video from computers for decades before DisplayPort and HDMI replaced it.

HDMI

19-pin digital connector. Multiple versions (1.0 through 2.1) with increasing bandwidth. Mini-HDMI and Micro-HDMI variants exist for smaller devices.

Adapters

Passive adapters (like RCA-to-BNC) simply change connector type without converting the signal. Active converters (like HDMI-to-Composite) actually process and convert the signal format — these require power and introduce some latency.