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Gold Scart leads etc
Hi All,
As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks |
Gold Scart leads etc
"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Scart?? What sort of dark ages peripherals are you playing with? Gold HDMI leads are an absolute minimum. Also, have you got a digital aerial? Anything less that a full gold plated digital aerial will mean that you're getting a substandard picture. Feeding your TV with electricity through leads that aren't oxygen depleted will also degrade the picture. For best picture stability ask your power company for nuclear power only. Other sources just can't be relied on. Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. HTH Tim |
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In message , Jack
Rabbitt wrote Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks Don't pay more than around £5 for your gold plated snake oil (probably cheaper from other suppliers) http://cpc.farnell.com/_/cxte2115/sc...gold-flat/dp/A V12357 -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? Regards David |
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"Tim Downie" wrote in message ... "Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Scart?? What sort of dark ages peripherals are you playing with? Gold HDMI leads are an absolute minimum. Don''t you need seven HDMI leads to get true 7:1 sound? |
Gold Scart leads etc
Just look to see if your tv and other equipment has gold plated scart
sockets to match ! and gold plated innards. |
Gold Scart leads etc
"Tim Downie" wrote in message ... "Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Scart?? What sort of dark ages peripherals are you playing with? Gold HDMI leads are an absolute minimum. Also, have you got a digital aerial? Anything less that a full gold plated digital aerial will mean that you're getting a substandard picture. Feeding your TV with electricity through leads that aren't oxygen depleted will also degrade the picture. For best picture stability ask your power company for nuclear power only. Other sources just can't be relied on. Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. Yebut I just put Tescos half price lithiums in my Wii remotes, I reckoned they would vibrate stronger for longer. Shall I go back to zinc carbon? -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. Yebut I just put Tescos half price lithiums in my Wii remotes, I reckoned they would vibrate stronger for longer. Shall I go back to zinc carbon? Depends on how long you want your vibrators to run for. Tim |
Gold Scart leads etc
"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Gold plating is not important, what is important is each of the signal leads inside the cable should be individually screened, and not rely on an overall screen. In general, the ones with a thick cable will meet this parameter, if yours are very thin, throw them away. The ones that have a flat ribbon cable similar to an IDE computer drive ribbon are also OK, and are to be recommended because the weight is better distributed, less chance of it falling out. As has been said, if you are paying more than a fiver each then you are being ripped off. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
Gold Scart leads etc
"Tim Downie" wrote in message ... "Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. Yebut I just put Tescos half price lithiums in my Wii remotes, I reckoned they would vibrate stronger for longer. Shall I go back to zinc carbon? Depends on how long you want your vibrators to run for. Tim I wouldn't want them to discharge prematurely. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote:
Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 -- http://www.stoneaudio.co.UK/browse.a...D899&ei=A6RXS- DELcfDsgbs7tjYCw&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resnum =1&ct=result&ved=0CAYQhgIwAA&usg=AFQjCNETIgTQp4XID 8gPCtQNp5A4Zanu9g |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... "Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. Yebut I just put Tescos half price lithiums in my Wii remotes, I reckoned they would vibrate stronger for longer. Shall I go back to zinc carbon? Depends on how long you want your vibrators to run for. Tim I wouldn't want them to discharge prematurely. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% Oh come now....surely not. |
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Well, unless your leads are several metres long, there really is no need for
anything but normal leads. After all, I very much doubt if the wiring inside the tv and the pins of its connectors were purchased from a stockist of military spec components. I think far more important is making sure the cables are kepts away from the mains ones as much as possible, and making sure they are firm when mated. If anything changes with a gentle wiggle then its not going to last long. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks |
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In message , J G Miller wrote
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 - Russ Andrews is the place to go.....another fine example of his wares - cables terminated in wood! http://tinyurl.com/y9mq5la -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 20/01/2010 22:26, widgitt wrote:
Just look to see if your tv and other equipment has gold plated scart sockets to match ! and gold plated innards. And is filled with random exclamation marks. ! |
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"Alan" wrote in message
... In message , J G Miller wrote On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 - Russ Andrews is the place to go.....another fine example of his wares - cables terminated in wood! http://tinyurl.com/y9mq5la They send AC mains through the wires? Appalling! Think of the radiation! They should convert the power to smoothed DC (not more than 12V), pass it through quarter inch, single core, low oxygen copper wire, then convert it back to DC with an inverter, with the 50 Hz synchronised to the transmitter in Anthorn. -- Max Demian |
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:06:06 +0000, Alan wrote:
In message , J G Miller wrote On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 - Russ Andrews is the place to go.....another fine example of his wares - cables terminated in wood! http://tinyurl.com/y9mq5la quote The best way of describing the improvements with the SuperKord™ is that it brings you so much closer to the performance recorded onto your discs. Singers seem to perform with much more expression, musicians play ‘better’ and you get much more of a sense of the musical message. As well as these ‘musical’ improvements, bass is cleaner, deeper and more tuneful; midrange is more natural and treble is smoother and sweeter, with less ‘glare’. endquote Amazingly all this wonderful clean, deep, smooth, sweet and non-glare sound is recorded by equipment that lacks any of this Russ Andrews magic. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
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"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message
... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Even better would be to solder in a permanent link between the equipment and your TV. -- Bartc |
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J G Miller wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 -- http://www.stoneaudio.co.UK/browse.a...D899&ei=A6RXS- DELcfDsgbs7tjYCw&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resnu m=1&ct=result&ved=0CAYQhgIwAA&usg=AFQjCNETIgTQp4XI D8gPCtQNp5A4Zanu9g Cheapskate, http://www.lessloss.com/high-perform...bles-c-65.html and you can't experience true fidelity without at least one of these http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html |
Gold Scart leads etc
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:48:59 -0000, "Jack Rabbitt" wrote:
Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks Forgive the levity you have invoked here, but the regulars are (rightly) somewhat cynical about the marketing tactics of many equipment sellers. The salient ponts a 1. If you have the option with your equipment to use HDMI connections instead of scart, do so. 2. If you do have to use scart, use ordinary common sense to avoid flimsy-looking cables, but do not pay extra for gold plating. |
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:19:48 +0000, nospam
wrote: J G Miller wrote: On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 -- http://www.stoneaudio.co.UK/browse.a...D899&ei=A6RXS- DELcfDsgbs7tjYCw&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resn um=1&ct=result&ved=0CAYQhgIwAA&usg=AFQjCNETIgTQp4X ID8gPCtQNp5A4Zanu9g Cheapskate, http://www.lessloss.com/high-perform...bles-c-65.html and you can't experience true fidelity without at least one of these http://www.lessloss.com/blackbody-p-200.html Wonderful! Does it humidify the air and kill moths, bacteria and odours as well? -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Gold Scart leads etc
"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks Gold is irrelevant unless you are frequently plugging and unplugging the connector, so I would buy gold plated for professional use or for a mini HDMI to connect your camera. Otherwise decent HDMI cables are cheap (even with gold plating) and as the signal either gets there or it doesn't the quality is not that critical. CPC do loads http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...1000455+500001 |
Gold Scart leads etc
Jack Rabbitt wrote:
Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Thanks If the broadcasters don't use it what's the point of viewers doing so? For example, audio is jumpered in BBC premises in 2.5 lb tin plated copper cable. i.e. phone wire! Video uses stuff broadly similar to coax aerial cable. Plugs and sockets are never gold plated. Richard |
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"Silk" wrote in message ... On 20/01/2010 22:26, widgitt wrote: Just look to see if your tv and other equipment has gold plated scart sockets to match ! and gold plated innards. And is filled with random exclamation marks. ! Only one, and at least he didn't include the full stop as well. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"Lez Pawl" wrote in message ... "Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... "Graham." wrote in message ... "Tim Downie" wrote in message ... Lastly, make sure you have lithium batteries in your remote. Yebut I just put Tescos half price lithiums in my Wii remotes, I reckoned they would vibrate stronger for longer. Shall I go back to zinc carbon? Depends on how long you want your vibrators to run for. Tim I wouldn't want them to discharge prematurely. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% Oh come now....surely not. Don't call me Surely. My wife dosn't know about that. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Gold is irrelevant unless you are frequently plugging and unplugging the connector, so I would buy gold plated for professional use or for a mini HDMI to connect your camera. Otherwise decent HDMI cables are cheap (even with gold plating) and as the signal either gets there or it doesn't the quality is not that critical. CPC do loads http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...1000455+500001 Many years ago we had trouble with gold plating on memory in PCs. It turned out if you put gold plated SIMMs into lead/tin sockets you got problems. Tin SIMMs in tin sockets, and gold in gold, both worked fine. Andy |
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"J G Miller" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000, David wrote: Has the TV got gold plated 13 amp Plug? I thought everybody knew that the best power socket plugs are not gold plated, but rhodium plated. (Beware the inferior silver plated ones.) A bargain at only £48,93 -- http://www.stoneaudio.co.UK/browse.a...D899&ei=A6RXS- DELcfDsgbs7tjYCw&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resnum =1&ct=result&ved=0CAYQhgIwAA&usg=AFQjCNETIgTQp4XID 8gPCtQNp5A4Zanu9g Not sure where that link goes, even when repaired, but I think it might be he http://www.stoneaudio.co.uk/browse.asp?product=899 -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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" Just look to see if your tv and other equipment has gold plated
scart sockets to match, and gold plated innards!" Happy, or would you prefer not to have the "and" after a comma? Its not my fault, I'm just a TV engineer wivout much eddukachun. |
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Dammit, the lines seperated this time ! They were alright before I
posted it. |
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"Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message
... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Gold is a good conductor of electricity which is why it it is used on computer components and is worth recovering. It also does not tarnish so the gold contacts are more likely to stay good. Whether it is worth paying for a gold plated scart lead really depends on the price. With a bit of googling you may well be able to get one at a reasonable price. -- Michael Chare |
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"Michael Chare" wrote in message
... "Jack Rabbitt" wrote in message ... Hi All, As ive just got my excellent new telly up, i want to make sure im getting the best picture my budget will allow for a minute. Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Gold is a good conductor of electricity which is why it it is used on computer components and is worth recovering. It also does not tarnish so the gold contacts are more likely to stay good. Whether it is worth paying for a gold plated scart lead really depends on the price. With a bit of googling you may well be able to get one at a reasonable price. -- Total waste of money. As others have said the fixed connectors on your Sky or Freeview box or on the TV input will not be gold plated so what is the point of having it on the cable? Gold plate may be worth considering if the connector is being inserted and removed repeatedly, but with a SCART it is likely inserted once. What is more important is to get one with a good quality cable - generally that means thick. Some of the thin cables can be quite lossy, may not have all 21 pins connected, and above all may not be screened which can cause noise pick-up. Go for a good thick cable (especially if using anything longer than the usual 0.5-1m) with good-looking connectors and you won't go far wrong. Also remember that if you have a new panel TV and your source has HDMI you will get a better picture through that route than with SCART. If your source has component (red, green, blue) connections (your TV will almost certainly have) you will also get a better picture that way than with SCART, but again with either there is no need to go for gold plating, just a good quality wire. Having said all that, unless your screen is bigger than about 26" and/or you are watching it close up, you are unlikely to see any difference whichever cable you use. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Jack Rabbitt" saying something like: Ive heard that getting gold platted scart leads which go from the video/DVD to the tv will greatly increase the picture quality, is this true or shall i just leave what i have in there now? Forget gold plating, unless it's near enough free of charge - and the price of the golden cheapies, it nearly is. Of much more importance with scart, is to have a decently screened lead. You really can see an enormous difference and I'd be surprised, given how common they are, if you don't have one or two of the cheapy scarts with unshielded cores. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Alan saying something like: Russ Andrews is the place to go.....another fine example of his wares - cables terminated in wood! http://tinyurl.com/y9mq5la I'm filled with the desire to beat him around the head. |
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The message
from "Woody" contains these words: ====snip==== Total waste of money. As others have said the fixed connectors on your Sky or Freeview box or on the TV input will not be gold plated so what is the point of having it on the cable? Gold plate may be worth considering if the connector is being inserted and removed repeatedly, but with a SCART it is likely inserted once. That's actually the opposite of the benefit of gold plated contacts. The real benefit comes from the fact that they provide a more reliable contact where the connector is normally intended to remain undisturbed for protracted periods. Gold is a fair electrical conductor which is corrosion resistant and is, most importantly, soft enough to 'micro-weld' in the sliding contact style connector normally used. Also, it works best when _both_ connectors employ gold plating. The insertion cycle rating for items like DB25 connectors with gold plated contacts were usually either 25 or 50 cycles, obviously, not rated for frequent disconnections. The low rating was mainly due to the minimised amount of gold being used to avoid unnecessary expense. Thicker platings wouldn't be practical to achieve ratings in the 1000 to 10000 range which would be better served by other more durable materials. -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots. |
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:40:54 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Alan saying something like: Russ Andrews is the place to go.....another fine example of his wares - cables terminated in wood! http://tinyurl.com/y9mq5la I'm filled with the desire to beat him around the head. Or you could try a silver bullet. Or perhaps it would be better to use a gold-plated OFC bullet. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
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