Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on January 03, 2001 at 18:33:16:

In Reply to: ? about Kimber Digital I/C posted by bigwise1 on January 02, 2001 at 16:44:56:

The braided design does cut back on much of the RFI. The phone company uses a semi-braided design (actually a "twisted pair" method). Some people do their own wiring from the ONI (the box outside of your house where the wire comes off of the pole) with regular wire and then complain that there's noise (lots of RFI) on the line (DUH!). Kimber takes the twisted pair method a little further by weaving the signal and ground wires together tightly. I have used ADGL, PBJ and Silver Streak and have had no RFI problems on analog or digital end. As with all components, cables, etc., the BEST thing to do is to try it in YOUR system. By the way, "true" 75-ohm cables/connectors are seldom 75 ohms. What makes (some!) better cables better is the lack of reflections inside the cable. WidescreenReview magazine did a test of $$$ video cables and $ video cables about 2 years ago and the results were surprising and enlightening (to say the least!). You MAY be able to find it in the archives (widescreenreview.com). Hope this helps.