means for routing the DC power and the control signals to {HEAD ~ each} of {TAIL ~ the video system components} along a plurality of control signal paths separate from the video signals; and 
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means for routing the DC power and the control signals to { HEAD ~ each } of { TAIL ~ the video system components } along a plurality of control signal paths separate from the video signals ; and
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