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Why so few devices with BNC's??

It's an ongoing amazement to me how many manufacturers use RCA's for 75 ohm digital connections.   Is this really to just save a couple bucks?  Lower end McIntosh stuff has RCA's as does most Japanese gear regardless of price.  It's not like BNC's are really so exotic, and 75 ohm cables are readily available.  In fact, the general lack of inputs is an annoyance.  Not everybody wants to use USB or Toslink.  Rant over. 😠  Thanks for reading.

[Please, this is NOT a thread to list all the exceptions.]

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hennigan
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It’s "Bayonet Neill–Concelman". There’s also the threaded version TNC. Paul Neill also invented the "N" connector and Carl Concelman invented the type "C" connector. The type C resembles an oversized BNC.

BNC connectors are available in 50-ohm and 75-ohm types with the 50-ohm being much more common. They’re physically interchangeable without damage, the primary difference being the lack of an inner plastic ring on the 75-ohm version.

 

 

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