Interfaces for
digital component video signals in 525-line and 625-line television systems. The international standard for interconnecting
digital television equipment operating to the 4:2:2 standard defined in
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601. It defines blanking, embedded sync words, the video multiplexing formats used by both the parallel (now rarely used) and serial interfaces, the electrical characteristics of the interface and the mechanical details of the connectors
