[mythtv-users] [OT] coax vs. composite

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 04:15:04PM +0100, Graham Wood wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 11:10:03AM -0400, Gary Dezern wrote:
> > Monster "gold plated" optical S/PDIF
> > cables.
> Damn I knew I'd forgotten something.
> 
> Yeah - gold plating digital cables is the peak of brilliance*.

Well, maybe not.

As noted, the issue with gold-plated connectors is that they're more
likely to resist corrosion -- and lots of home-theatre installs are put
in and never touched.  So whether the signal is digital or analog isn't
as important.

Cheers,
-- jra
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