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>>3095112
>>3095116
That's actually a very old model, and doesn't even have an S-Video input. That's some sort of dedicated DIN connector for a tuner of some sort.

Professional equipment uses BNC connectors rather than RCA("regular" composite inputs) connectors as they're more secure and provide for better and safer grounding. The same signals can be sent along them and they work the same way.

S-Video, on the other hand, is the same as on consumer gear, at least for PVMs. BVMs that support it tend to require it be seperated into 2 separate connectors: One for Luma and its ground, and another for Chroma and its ground. See >>3092614 . Note the "Y C". Those, again, use BNC connectors.

>>2745776
Middle red into "R/R-Y", Green into "G/Y", Blue into "B/B-Y". Make sure you have that switch of the right flipped to "Compo"

Bottom White or Red can either be fed into the audio in next to said switch or into an external audio setup along side white; When PVMs/BVMs have speakers, they tend to be mono only.

Note the bottom set of inputs for comparison.

>>2448425
Yes

>>2311595
>L4, I forget the specs.
From what I've seen, it's the L5 minus multiformat support.

>I'd rank desirability and availability as:..
Of course, but you need to know what models fall into each category for it to be of any use; And that is where things can get a bit funny.

>>2311604
>All of the ebay listings I've seen of those show that they have few inputs. Not enough for YPbPr from what I remember/could tell. Is this normal?
If a model supports YPbPr, it's generally accepted over the same lines as RGB.
This is an M2MDU for example; Line A is composite, B is S-Video. RGB 1 is RGB OR YPbPr with loopthrough(video out) RGB is the same, minus loopthrough.

Downsides? I can't say whether it's true or not, but it's been said that they can sometimes have more hours on the tube than the picture quality they offer seems to suggest; Supposedly from being left on, with a blank(black) screen for long lengths of time.
It makes sense, but how this ends up effecting things in the long run is hard to say.

>>2311609
>Is it just something I can look up in a manual for my model?
Sometimes yes, but not always. Sometimes it requires a bit of digging to get a straight answer. Usually easier with professional equipment than consumer stuff.
I believe someone mentioned in the past about there being a mathematical way of figuring it out, but I can't remember what it was

>>2311623
Well there you go. I suppose it's possible, but I doubt she'd want to build a custom multicable like that.