Gold Scart leads etc

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)

"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

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

"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.

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"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%

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

"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%

" 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.

Dammit, the lines seperated this time ! They were alright before I
posted it.

"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