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From: yann@ai.toronto.edu (Yann le Cun)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: A golden opportunity
Message-ID: <88Sep26.211643edt.978@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 88 03:54:51 GMT
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In article <16094@onfcanim.UUCP> dave@onfcanim.UUCP (Dave Martindale) writes:
>I do agree that RGB should be the tuner-VCR-monitor interconnection
>standard though.  Also get rid of those awful RCA phono plugs and
>F-connectors for video cables, and spend a few dollars on real BNC or
>TNC connectors.  Who in their right mind would design a connector for
>shielded cable where the signal conductor connects before the ground?

Hey, you guys are just a little late. There is such a standard in France
since 1980, and in all Europe since a couple of years. Every single colour
TV sold in Europe (or at least in France since 1980) has a so-called
"Peritel" connector featuring RGB+Sync input, stereo audio in and out, 
video in and out.....
This turns out to be very useful for connecting computers, VCR etc...
and not worry about coding standard (France's SECAM versus everybody 
else's PAL). This a rare example of a standard that predates its 
potential aplications.

those lucky europeans will be able to use their old TV to view
HDTV programs using a simple decoder (yes, the European HDTV coding
standard is supposed to be compatible with the old one).

- Yann