Canon XL1 3CCD Manual

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‐Generallyunderstoodtobethelowestqualityvideosignalthatyoucanuseandismoreappropriate

forvideodelivery(broadcast)thanasasourceforcontentcreation(videoediting,DVDauthoring,or

encodingfortheweb).

‐TheconnectorscommontocompositevideoareRCAorCinchforconsumerequipmentandBNC

(BayonetNeill‐Concelman.

‐AsthequalityoftheRCAorBNCcablethatisusedincreases,thenoiseandattenuationdecreases.

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•S‐Video:

‐Majoradvanceinqualityforconsumerandprofessionalvideoeditors.

‐S‐Videosplitsthelumaandchromachannelsintotwoseparatewirepairs,whicheliminatesgenerally

halfofthecompositenoiseartifacts.Thetwochromachannelsarestillcombinedandstillinterfere

witheachother,leavingsomenoiseinthesignal.

‐Whilenolongerconsideredtrueprofessionalgrade,itisabigimprovementfromcompositeandcan

beconsideredagoodvideocaptureminimumstandardforeditingandcompression.

‐Mostlyuseaspecificfour‐pinconnectoronS‐Videocables.Thesecablesareintendedforshort

distances(usually100feetorless).SometypesofprofessionalandbroadcastequipmentusetwoBNC

cables,oneforlumaandoneforchroma,tocarryS‐Videosignals.Thissetupprovidesaconnection

thatcanberunfartherandthatcanbelockedintoplacetopreventthecablefromfallingoutand

losingthesignal.

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•Componentanalog:

‐AlsoknownasYUV(Yforluminance,Uforonechromachannel,andVfortheotherchromachannel)

wastheprofessionalandbroadcaststandardformanyyearsanditisstillwidelyusedtoday.

‐Theluminancesignalandthetwocolorsignalsarealltransmittedovertheirowndedicatedcables.

Becauseallthreecomponentsorchannelsofthevideosignalaretransmittedindependently,the

qualityofthesignalisquitehigh.Noiseisverylowandthecolorsinthevideoarericherandmore

precise.

‐Inbroadcastandprofessionalenvironments,componentanaloghasmostlyyieldedtodigitalvideo

formats.

‐Componentanaloghasbecomeverypopularintheconsumermarket,though,

asthepreferredformatforconnectinghomeDVDplayerstonewtelevisionsets

‐Inprofessionalenvironments,thecomponentanalogsignalsarecarriedbythreeindividualBNC

cablesbecauseoftheirabilitytoaccommodatelongrunsandlockingconnections.Inthenewhome