nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: "Super" cables |
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At 07:35 PM 12/17/2007 -0800, you wrote:
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> Speaking of economical...while looking at plasma TV's and HD video
players the
> other day, I discovered that they want over a hundred bucks just for
the cable
> that runs between the two units!!! Is that cable made of unobtainium
or what?
> I sense a consumer rip-off, but the nice salesperson assure me of the fact
> that the quality of the picture is dependent on getting the ex$pensive
cable!
> And I thought avionics stuff was cost intensive!
Yeah well, the salesperson was just repeating what she was told. Since
hdmi is digital
the picture either works or it doesn't. I buy the cheapest hdmi and dvi
cables I can
find.
Fyi, sometimes you can walk over to the computer section of the store and
find the
same cable marketed as a monitor cable for much less money.
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The great "gold-plated super-cable" phenomenon has
been discussed at length in various electronics
journals with the consensus being that there is no
foundation in the simple ideas of physics to support
claims of "higher quality" audio and/or video. The
few instances where materials and/or fabrication
techniques might account for a measurable difference
in the lab would produce no perceived difference to
the human ear or eye.
It's 99.999% horse hocky.
Bob . . .
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( . . . a long habit of not thinking )
( a thing wrong, gives it a superficial )
( appearance of being right . . . )
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( -Thomas Paine 1776- )
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