Talk:D-Terminal

message: I live in North America, and I think it should be noted here that my only experience with this type of connector is on the Panasonic HVX-200, a camera designed in Japan, but quite popular in the US. A D5(?) adapter is included with the camera in order to provide a component video output.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.213.124.37 (talk) 16:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Panasonic HVX-200

message: Are they at a format war? (at least in Japan). Also, the JA article claims it is the best in the market. Can anyone verify?--sin-man 06:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: HDMI vs D5

message: I removed the links to the D1/D2/D3 video/tape formats because they aren't related to the D4 connector. D1 thru D4 are Japanese consumer video formats. Megapixie 29 June 2005 05:15 (UTC)
:Actually, this is partially incorrect.  There is no D4 videotape format (see "D4 and Tetraphobia" below), and D1 and later formats are not consumer formats, they are professional, due to their high quality, which naturally leads to their high cost... :) Pardon my nitpicking... misternuvistor 08:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to D1/D2/D3 incorrect 

message: For the description of pin 9, when it is set to 5V, shouldn't it be "59.94p/60p" not "59.94i/60p"?
:You are quite correct - I've fixed this now. Thanks Megapixie 01:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect "i" instead of "p"? 

message: I'm kind of suprised that there is a video connector in Japan named D4, since the number 4 in most Asian cultures is very taboo, aka tetraphobia (similar to the stigma the number 13 has in western cultures, better known as triskaidekaphobia).  In fact, this is why there is no D4 digital videotape format, only D1, D2, D3, and then skipping to D5, all of them developed in Japan.  Also, this was also the reason for why palm-top computer maker Psion didn't release a Series 4 computer after their Series 3, calling their next model the Series 5 instead, keeping their Asian market in mind.  So I wonder why the EIAJ decided to go ahead and call it D4... misternuvistor 07:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just found this question. This is a very late answer, but here we go: in Mandarin Chinese the number 4 is always pronounced "si", identical to the word "si" that means death. That is why Chinese always try to avoid this number, even in number plates of cars. In Japan the number 4 is pronouned "yo-" (Japanese) or "yon" (Japanese) or "shi" (imported Chinese) or even "foa" (imported English). Also the Japanese reading "shi" for the number 4 sounds the same as the imported Chinese word for death "shi". In especially sensitive areas like floor and room numbers in hospitals, where the life is at stake, Japanese try to avoid that number too. However in telephone numbers (even in case of medical doctors), car number plates, model numbers etc. nobody is afraid of the number 4 - because the modern Japanese will never read it "shi", they will stick with one of the other possible readings. Therefore the D-Terminal in version D4 will be pronounced either /di:-yon/ or /di:-foa/ ... only. ;-) --Allgaeuer (talk) 21:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, I see.  Quite interesting, I was not aware of the alternate pronunciations the number 4 had in the Japanese language, where that would make the difference.  Thanks for the info! misternuvistor (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  D4 and Tetraphobia... 

message: The photo in the article on the left side shows the backplate of some device with two female D-Terminal connectors ("D4"), and the photo on the right side shows a male D-Terminal connector with cable, however the pinout drawing shows a female connector, not a male one as was written. Have corrected the subtitle of the pinout. --Allgaeuer (talk) 22:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Male vs. female 

message: yeah, shouldnt the article mention that while D5 exists on paper it has never been used?
As the jp version notes: 現行では理論上、最も高精細な映像が視聴できる事になるが、2009年現在、用語として存在するのみで正式な規格化はなされていない。
--59.84.187.165 (talk) 11:00, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  D5 never realized 

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