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My god they are expencive... Does the quality of cable matter when it comes to watching DVDs in rptv's?

The cheapest one they had was 99 bucks (monster) for 2meters. Is there a better place to buy component cables?
 
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I paid ~$30 for my component cable at CC. 6ft long, Acostic Research is the brand I believe. They do a fine job.

Screw that Monster cable crap.
 
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Yeah I got suckered into buying Acoustic Research at BB for 25 bucks. Go on ebay, there's a guy selling the pro versions for about the same as the regular ones cost at BB or you can get Acoustic Research regular ones for at least half the price of BB
 
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Originally posted by: werk
RCA Cables :)
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So there?s no significant different between these cables and if I made my own, I wouldn?t see any difference in quality?
 
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I bought mine using a "buy it now" on Ebay for about $15 for a 6 foot cable.

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AR makes some nice cables for cheap.

Nothing too special about them. 75 ohm coax and rated to 50 Mhz should be more than enough even for HD.
 
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Originally posted by: spidey07
AR makes some nice cables for cheap.

Nothing too special about them. 75 ohm coax and rated to 50 Mhz should be more than enough even for HD.
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Sweet thanx.

<- new to HT stuff.
 
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Originally posted by: SSP
Originally posted by: werk
RCA Cables :)
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So there?s no significant different between these cables and if I made my own, I wouldn?t see any difference in quality?
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As long as the cable is big enough to carry the current you're asking it to, then it's fine. There will be no difference in quality, no matter how much you spend.
If the cable is too small, then it also won't matter how much you spend, your result won't be good.

About the only thing better about the expensive cables is that they're (supposedly) shielded and won't get interference from other cables/components.
 
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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Originally posted by: SSP
Originally posted by: werk
RCA Cables :)
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So there?s no significant different between these cables and if I made my own, I wouldn?t see any difference in quality?
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As long as the cable is big enough to carry the current you're asking it to, then it's fine. There will be no difference in quality, no matter how much you spend.
If the cable is too small, then it also won't matter how much you spend, your result won't be good.

About the only thing better about the expensive cables is that they're (supposedly) shielded and won't get interference from other cables/components.
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not true at all.

Video requires a 75 ohm cable and there is very little power. The 75 ohm requirement eliminates ghosts and reflections caused by impedance mismatches. Coax means resilient to noise.

Bandwidth of the cable comes into play for sharpness/detail...the RCA cables typically found in the red/white/yellow variety are unsuitable for component video. A good engineering rule is using a cable rated for twice the bandwidth for the intended application (if you look at a scan of a cable on a scope you'll see the affect...as bandwidth increases accuracy decreases.

mainly because you don't know what the red/white are...many time they are twisted pair and 50, 80 or 110 ohms. what you wind up with is smearing and a loss of color detail.
 
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Believers claim that clear differences exist, and some well-heeled enthusiasts are willing to spend thousands of dollars on speaker wire and interconnects, believing it makes a clear difference in the sound or picture of their system.

Due to the controversy, third parties have conducted scientifically controlled tests to determine if listeners can distinguish between expensive and ordinary wires and interconnects.

Both skeptics and believers were invited to take part in the tests. In every single test conducted, listeners were unable to distinguish between different brands of expensive cables, or between inexpensive and expensive cables.

In short, it did not matter what was used. No one could tell the difference. Video cables are manufactured to even more specific standards than audio cables. Similar tests for video have yielded the same results: People can't tell the difference.
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Electricity is electricity, whether it's video or audio.
 
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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Believers claim that clear differences exist, and some well-heeled enthusiasts are willing to spend thousands of dollars on speaker wire and interconnects, believing it makes a clear difference in the sound or picture of their system.

Due to the controversy, third parties have conducted scientifically controlled tests to determine if listeners can distinguish between expensive and ordinary wires and interconnects.

Both skeptics and believers were invited to take part in the tests. In every single test conducted, listeners were unable to distinguish between different brands of expensive cables, or between inexpensive and expensive cables.

In short, it did not matter what was used. No one could tell the difference. Video cables are manufactured to even more specific standards than audio cables. Similar tests for video have yielded the same results: People can't tell the difference.
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Electricity is electricity, whether it's video or audio.
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Not entirely true, different applications call for different cable specs. Component video uses 75 ohm coax.

This is not a Monster vs Generic argument, this is simply matching the cable to the application. You shouldn't be using the $3 composite cables that came with your DVD player as component cables. Likewise, you shouldn't be paying $100 for Monster interconnects.

I personally have a 1m set of Monster component cables, picked them up for $20 from the guy I bought my TV from. I love them for $20, but I would never have paid retail for them.

Viper GTS
 
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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Believers claim that clear differences exist, and some well-heeled enthusiasts are willing to spend thousands of dollars on speaker wire and interconnects, believing it makes a clear difference in the sound or picture of their system.

Due to the controversy, third parties have conducted scientifically controlled tests to determine if listeners can distinguish between expensive and ordinary wires and interconnects.

Both skeptics and believers were invited to take part in the tests. In every single test conducted, listeners were unable to distinguish between different brands of expensive cables, or between inexpensive and expensive cables.

In short, it did not matter what was used. No one could tell the difference. Video cables are manufactured to even more specific standards than audio cables. Similar tests for video have yielded the same results: People can't tell the difference.
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Electricity is electricity, whether it's video or audio.
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I agree about speaker wire, I've done a lot of research on it. However, I've seen the difference in video cables, swapping a freebie RCA cable that came with my dvd player for a good quality one instantly improved the picture.

The old cable was poorly sheilded - that makes a difference.

I've since upgraded to component cables and a new TV, but simply bought Philips-brand cables, nothing special but not crap.
 
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