[mythtv-users] Picture Bars - Was: Electrical power in my cable line? Is that bad?

[Mike Perkins]

Brian Wood wrote:
> Mike Perkins wrote:
>> Interesting. I have never, ever, seen these available for sale in the UK. OK, I 
>> can knock these up for myself if I needed to, but the implication is that your 
>> random UK user (I can't speak for the Continent) may get problems if not all his 
>> amplifier outlets are terminated correctly. A thing to note.
> 
> Are they using "F" connectors? Other types (like BNCs) can be made
> "self-terminating", though it drives up the cost and thus is not often
> found in US consumer stuff.
> 

The sockets look like these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=1615&doy=12m9

and the plugs like these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=1604&doy=12m9

They're not like anything else I have come across in the electronics world. I 
dunno if they are unique to Britain, though.

Mike Perkins