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