I've been looking for a decent place to buy S-video cables for the new DVD player I bought and WalMart charges like $17 for the video/audio. The Cable Shack has 6ft gold s-video + Rca audio cable for $5.50 plus ~$5 shipping. They also have a 100ft s-video cable only (no audio) for $17! I don't know how you could ever use one that long but I'm tempted! Haven't ordered from them before but cables are on the way now...
CHEAP cables - 100ft S-video-$17 6ft-$5.50 $5 ship
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I bought a 50' svhs cable to attach my computer to my TV about a year ago, so I could watch DVD's on my tv. The image quality was crappy - it obviously lost quite a bit traveling that long distance. When I moved my computer closer to the tv, and used a 6' cable, picture quality was great.
Just a warning......
Just a warning......
Hey that's great! I actually have a use for a 100 ft S-video cable since I'll be hooking my computer up to the TV but our sound system is pretty far away from the TV. Thanks for the post!
Actually I read a good bit on the newsgroups and people seem to have no problem going 50, even 100 feet with s-video. The 50 ft that I ordered is one of the gold plated ones, so I'm hoping it will work just fine. I was kind of surprised b/c I'm sure that standard composite doesn't hold up well AT ALL over like 20 ft or so and I didn't think 100 ft was even possible!
Please let us know if the cables arrive okay and if you are charged properly. The domain was registered in January, 2002 for one year to a guy in Michigan with an AOL address, though the store supposedly is located in South Carolina. There are misspellings on the site. It makes me nervous.
Cables arrived and I was billed as stated. The cool thing is I was actually *undercharged* on shipping.. His cost was like $6.50 and I paid $5.50. Also got a free pair of Koss headphones for an order over $20 or something.. Very impressed!
i check ou theri web site and it seems like it was not that secure, there is no type of encrytion in the payment and shopping cart. Be careful on this.
The key question which has not be answered is how is the quality? I read the ad and didn't see any mention of shielding which becomes critical in long runs of any type of video cable. Without adequate shielding, the cable not only loses signal but turns into an antenna.
Not to thread crap, but I always buy all my cables at PC Cables, they always seem to have great prices on all cabling stuff. Plus, if you become a member before buying, you get an extra discount on all prices. They have a 100ft S-video cable, with two of the wires shielded, gold ends for 16.50, shipping is 5.81. They have a very good rep, and I have never had a problem with them. All of the cables that I have bought are very good quality.
Just thought I'd share the info, we all want to save as much $ as possible here at AT!
Just thought I'd share the info, we all want to save as much $ as possible here at AT!
The little security icon doesn't appear on the bottom of your browser window because the website uses frames. If you right click in the main window where you're typing in your information and goto Properties, you'll see that the website is infact using : "SSL 3.0, RC4 with 128 bit encryption (High); RSA with 1024 bit exchange" ... which is your standard strong encryption.
This is quite common amongst websites which use frames, and smaller companies who may not test their website as thoroughly as some of the bigger companies.
NEED HELP PLZ...ne1, ne1...
This would probably be a good time for me to ask this question...
I need to buy cables and converters to output my computer display to my television (which only has a coaxial line-in), so I'll be converting s-video to rca to go thru a VCR first. I want to keep the computer some distance away because of the noise factor (no watercooling and no panaflo fans yet). As a result, I'll need either a long (~50ft) s-video cable OR a RCA cable.
Does ne1 know which would provide less signal degradation? I was thinking about going with a long RCA cable (if = in price) because of it's versatility (I could use it for something else also).
So, I would just need a M s-video to F rca converter (which PC Cables doesn't have) and a 50ft rca cable.
TIA to all who can help.
This would probably be a good time for me to ask this question...
I need to buy cables and converters to output my computer display to my television (which only has a coaxial line-in), so I'll be converting s-video to rca to go thru a VCR first. I want to keep the computer some distance away because of the noise factor (no watercooling and no panaflo fans yet). As a result, I'll need either a long (~50ft) s-video cable OR a RCA cable.
Does ne1 know which would provide less signal degradation? I was thinking about going with a long RCA cable (if = in price) because of it's versatility (I could use it for something else also).
So, I would just need a M s-video to F rca converter (which PC Cables doesn't have) and a 50ft rca cable.
TIA to all who can help.
I ended up buying a 50' S-Video cable (which comes with the audio cables w/RCA Jacks all in one cable) and an S-Video-to-RCA converter. The reasoning for this was to avoid having to unplug my DVD, which is currently on the S-Video IN on the TV. The S-Video gives a better picture, but the RCA IN looks fine for playing Divx movies on the TV. Decent prices from this place, and the only other thing I had to get (ended up getting for $3 from Radio Shack) was a 1/8" audio to dual-RCA jack, so that I could plug the sound cables into my sound card.
I'd definately recommend this place.
I play Divx movies all the time on the TV, here's my hook up:
The TV is about 40 ft from the computer so I didn't want a big ass S-Video and audio connector running through the house, three cables is a bit much and I'd been told by several people the quality would degrade badly too. So, I was advised to buy a 'RF' Modulator ( Radioshack sells them ) which converts the three cables to Co-axial ( what the cable company uses ).
I have a Geforce 4 with TV out and it came with a dongle to convert to RCA ( the yellow, red, white cables ). I get a small RCA cable and use the yellow part between the dongle and RF modulator.
My Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card has a headphone socket which is connected using a 'headphone' jack to RCA red and black cable which in turn goes into the back of the RF modulator.
I run a 100 ft cable of co-ax from the modulator (I had it already) to the TV.
It's not too expensive, the cables you can get almost anywhere and the RF modulator was around $35 i think. The cost of some high end 50ft S-Video and audio connectors was about the same and Co-ax doesn't degrade nearly as much.
The picture and sound I get, especially as your sitting further away from the screen, is at least as good as regular cable or VHS, almost DVD quality depending on the movie, although I don't have surround sound, etc.
The TV is about 40 ft from the computer so I didn't want a big ass S-Video and audio connector running through the house, three cables is a bit much and I'd been told by several people the quality would degrade badly too. So, I was advised to buy a 'RF' Modulator ( Radioshack sells them ) which converts the three cables to Co-axial ( what the cable company uses ).
I have a Geforce 4 with TV out and it came with a dongle to convert to RCA ( the yellow, red, white cables ). I get a small RCA cable and use the yellow part between the dongle and RF modulator.
My Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card has a headphone socket which is connected using a 'headphone' jack to RCA red and black cable which in turn goes into the back of the RF modulator.
I run a 100 ft cable of co-ax from the modulator (I had it already) to the TV.
It's not too expensive, the cables you can get almost anywhere and the RF modulator was around $35 i think. The cost of some high end 50ft S-Video and audio connectors was about the same and Co-ax doesn't degrade nearly as much.
The picture and sound I get, especially as your sitting further away from the screen, is at least as good as regular cable or VHS, almost DVD quality depending on the movie, although I don't have surround sound, etc.
Boy, I know I'm gonna get flamed for mentioning this famous popunder-ad-spammer, but X10 has some relatively inexpensive gadgets that use RF transmission to send audio and/or video from one place to another in your house. I have one and it is decent. Beats the hell out of trying to run 3 coax cables! Free shipping with $50 order and 100% moneyback guarantee, in case you don't like it.
These are the same people who make and sell the wireless home automation stuff, like Radio Shack (among many others)) private brand. If you are interested in this kind of stuff, check them out.
X-10 Wireless "Anywhere" gadgets
These are the same people who make and sell the wireless home automation stuff, like Radio Shack (among many others)) private brand. If you are interested in this kind of stuff, check them out.
X-10 Wireless "Anywhere" gadgets
OOOOOH FLAME, FLAME, FLAME!
(j/k
)Sounds nice, but I won't buy from them simply because of principals... No way in hell I'm going to support a spammer!
Wow! Thx for the great info! (My appologies to "hotstuff2000" for taking his thread on a bit of a detour.)
The RF Modulator idea seems perfect for what I'm doing! (especially if 50ft of coaxial cable offers significantly greater signal stability over RCA and S-video cable). It's a little on the expensive side, but I think the only items I'll need will be the RF modulator ($30) and a short stretch of M-M S-video and audio combo cable (12ft - $8) to go from the sound and graphics cards out to the modulator. I believe I have all of the other items on hand: M 1/8" headphone jack to F RCA converter, M-M RCA cable, coaxial cable, and a M RCA to F 1/8" headphone jack converter (to connect my speakers to the audio-out on the VCR).
If ne1 thinks it's not worth the extra cost (~$10), plz let me know.
Also, one last question, does ne1 know what type of coaxial the cable companies use for their cable modem, high-speed, internet service, and where I could buy some. Its a much lower gauge (larger diameter) than the older coaxial that runs to the televisions in my house, and it also has some higher quality, non-crimping plugs. Any info ne1 has would be much appreciated.
TA
The RF Modulator idea seems perfect for what I'm doing! (especially if 50ft of coaxial cable offers significantly greater signal stability over RCA and S-video cable). It's a little on the expensive side, but I think the only items I'll need will be the RF modulator ($30) and a short stretch of M-M S-video and audio combo cable (12ft - $8) to go from the sound and graphics cards out to the modulator. I believe I have all of the other items on hand: M 1/8" headphone jack to F RCA converter, M-M RCA cable, coaxial cable, and a M RCA to F 1/8" headphone jack converter (to connect my speakers to the audio-out on the VCR).
If ne1 thinks it's not worth the extra cost (~$10), plz let me know.
Also, one last question, does ne1 know what type of coaxial the cable companies use for their cable modem, high-speed, internet service, and where I could buy some. Its a much lower gauge (larger diameter) than the older coaxial that runs to the televisions in my house, and it also has some higher quality, non-crimping plugs. Any info ne1 has would be much appreciated.
TA
Just looked at the Radioshack site. They have that RF modulator for $30 and it looks exactly like the one I have, except it has gold connectors and a S-Video in. Definitely the way to go.
With the bandwith capability of the co-ax you can just get any old cable.
I read a while ago that the wireless gadgets didn't work too good, fuzzy video/sound sometimes.
What happens if your watching your favorite "adult entertainment" and your neighbors system picks it up?
With the bandwith capability of the co-ax you can just get any old cable.
I read a while ago that the wireless gadgets didn't work too good, fuzzy video/sound sometimes.
What happens if your watching your favorite "adult entertainment" and your neighbors system picks it up?
I did a little more research on these cables and found someone on ChubbyWallet that said he found some optical cables for $5 on the one and only greatest site - FleaBay.
I went there and found some really nice optical cables for $7.25 w/$4.00 shipping for one and .01 cents for any additional. Bought three of them for a total of $25.77.
Just a heads up in case anyone is interested in optical cables. Only a few left though!!
I went there and found some really nice optical cables for $7.25 w/$4.00 shipping for one and .01 cents for any additional. Bought three of them for a total of $25.77.
Just a heads up in case anyone is interested in optical cables. Only a few left though!!
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