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• Don't waste your money John C. - Aussie 12:34:37 12/02/00 (4)
  In Reply to: Need advice on great component video cables posted by TomP on December 02, 2000 at 10:18:10:

  I purchased a very expensive video cable recently and could not detect any difference in the picture (via a Barco 808S projector & VSE40 switcher enhancer) so my advice is to save your dollars.

  John
  
  

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  • Question GPB 06:27:13 12/03/00 (3)
    In Reply to: Don't waste your money posted by John C. - Aussie on December 02, 2000 at 12:34:37:

    John,

    Can you tell me what you tried, what length you use and what you were using before. I was planning to try the Nordost Optix, but maybe I should start with something cheap and then try the Nordost later...and if no difference, return it.

    Thanks.

    -- Greg
    
    

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    • Re: Question TomP 10:39:21 12/03/00 (2)
      In Reply to: Question posted by GPB on December 03, 2000 at 06:27:13:

      I've been using Monster cables (2.5m) for 2.5 years and they're cheap too and it's the only cables in my h/t system that I have not yet tweaked or tried with different brand. According to John, I could waste my money by trying diff. cables? What takes?
      
      

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      • Cables used John C. - Aussie 14:05:19 12/03/00 (1)
        In Reply to: Re: Question posted by TomP on December 03, 2000 at 10:39:21:

        The component cables used in our system between the video processor (Barco VSE40 - switcher & quadrupler) & projector (Barco 808S) are made up from a roll of commercial cable & terminated with BNC plugs.

        My reply was based on experience with S-video cable. The S video cable I had been using between the laserdisc player (Theta Data III) and processor was a cheap commercial unit. This was replaced with a very expensive 7Nines HD-24970 (99,99999% purity) S cable and we detected absolutely NO difference.

        Perhaps it could be argued my reply to your earlier query was misleading and there is no validity comparing S-video cable to component. Bottom line is I'm not even considering any video cable changes. We are only getting mediocre video from laserdisc (hence the temptation to try a tweak) but get absolutely stunning pictures on DVD and from digital satellite - the picture quality all depends on the quality of the software on DVD and on the broadcast. Any improvements in video due to cable changes, if they exist, IMHO are far outshadowed by software quality so are a waste of dollars.

        John

        
        
        

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        • OK, thanks! (nt) GPB 15:39:19 12/03/00 (0)
          In Reply to: Cables used posted by John C. - Aussie on December 03, 2000 at 14:05:19:

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