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| | Sound And Vision Magazine: Overcoming Your Fear of Connection |
 | | DB-25: A 25-pin connector borrowed from the computer world, where it's been used for both serial and parallel ports; sometimes used for controlling audio gear by computer or, on THX gear, to connect multiple audio channels with one cable. |
 | | In consumer audio/video, BNC connectors are mostly used in high-def set-top receivers and high-end video monitors, often as RGB or component-video inputs. |
 | | Screw terminal: On older audio and video equipment, the speaker connections, and often antenna connections, too, were made with small screws tightened onto a spade lug or even a loop of bare wire. |
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