On 21/11/04, Jon Glass, discombobulated, unleashed: >Pro equipment used >to be mostly devoid of automatic controls. Everything was set up >manually. In fact, as part of that, far more parameters were adjustable >and adjustable in more ways in pro equipment. As well, connections were >also completely different (and incompatible, I might add). Consumer >gear had phono jacks, and/or RCA jacks, and pro equipment had balanced >XLR jacks, and BNC. So, pro equipment generally offered more control, >and had different connections. Also, they were outfit with items that >consumers would not need, such as color bar generation, SMPTE time >code, etc...
Still holds true today Jon. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
