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

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/16/06, Meatwad <meatwad.get.the.honeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
>
> > I'm a big fan of monoprice.com they have very well constructed, good
> > quality cables for rediculously cheap. If you have some more money
> > check out Blue Jean Cables or if you have even more, bettercables.com,
> > and listen/look for yourself as to whether the increase in price
> > brings an increase in performance that your willing to pay for.
> > Remeber though, insulation is the biggest factor in noise rejection
> > and gauge the biggest factor in signal loss. Strand design and size
> > can also make a difference in the upper end of cables, but your
> > equipment needs to be up to the job of taking advantage.
>
> The monoprice stuff certainly is appealing to the pocketbook but you can
> be assured that these will fall short of your expectations after they
> begin to loosen and fall of your equipment :) Very poor quality
> connectors which are the weakest link in any signal chain. The importer
> will even have the Chinese assembler change the cable manufacturer
> mid-production run as the copper/oil market jumps and falls and
> competition gets frantic.

I dunno, I just got 2 HDMI/DVI cables an svideo cable and and optical
toslink cable, all three of which have very good ceonnectors, I was
especially surprised at the quality of the toslink cable which is
~20ft and of equal quality to an older monster toslink cable I have
that was much pricier for a 3ft run.


> I'm going to have to step up and recommend Blue Jeans Cable. In 1986, I
> began stocking Belden and Canare bulk cable and connectors in order to
> assemble custom cables on the jobsite. After a few visits and phone
> calls with engineer buddies at the local network affiliates and
> recording studios, we discovered that they were all using very specific
> Belden and Canare bulk products. It was a tough decision as this was a
> major investment back then (prep dies and compression tools sets were
> and still are frightfully expensive) but it was truly the only way to
> deliver projects as promised AND have the installations be reliable.

 I'll agree, blue jean and bettercables are much better than
monoprice, but for most people under most conditions you can't beat
the price. Even if the connectors start to "wear" after a while its
still a good deal.


> I still have the tools but I began ordering A/V specific cables from
> Blue Jeans when I found out they use the same industry components and
> that they have assembly equipment that can do the job far better than we
> can. For our particular situation, a no brainer really.
>
> I hate to endorse a particular company so strongly in a public forum but
> there is just way too much mis-information out in the marketplace and
> this crowd deserves all the help it can get in these grey areas. On
> their website are some most excellent articles which describe what goes
> into a "hard science" cable as opposed to a "fairy-dust" or "smoke and
> mirrors" cable.
>
> I'm certain there are other de-bunking sites out there so google around.
> The bottom line is that science and math can only boost a corporation's
> profits so high. The marketing gurus are required to take earnings to
> the next level.

-- 
Steve
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