[mythtv-users] Off topic - can someone identify this connector please, I think it's US standard.

[Robert McNamara]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Ben Kamen <bkamen at benjammin.net> wrote:
> On 3/17/2011 4:15 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Robert McNamara
>> <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Another Sillyname
>>> <anothersname at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>>> On the back of a HTPC I have an antenna input connector, in the image
>>>> below it's circled in red.
>>>>
>>>> http://img820.imageshack.us/i/boxback.jpg/
>>>
>>> Looks like coax with a BNC connector if it's push on.
>>
>> BNC isn't push on, it's push on then twist.  I don't know what this
>> one is called, but it's not BNC.
>
> Right - BNC's are a combo push then twist.
>
> It doesn't look like a BNC. It might be an RCA (like your Stereo's Push-On's, provided you don't have Pro Audio gear)
>
> But again, a better close up picture would help.

I am aware that BNC is push-twist.  However, a person unfamiliar with
the connector might not notice the nibs for the twist-lock and might
interpret it as a push-on.

Looks nothing like RCA, the bayonet is clearly coaxial.

Robert