Where to get A/V cables

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nemi @ Apr 4th 2006 11:00AM

Where ANALOGUE (analogue audio, Component video, S-Video) signals are concerned I can see the merit of buying expensive, correctly impedance matched, low resistance, RF shielded, corrosion resistance coated (gold?) cables + connectors.

Where DIGITAL signals are concerned the cheapest cable will surfice 99% of the time. If the cable is very bad then the digital correction circuitry will be working overtime and maybe have corruptions on the output (you will see and hear this, it is definitely obvious when there is digital errors in both sound and video).

But with mild data corruption the FEC (forward error correction) algorithms in most digital communications system will eliminate any such problems (even the ancient standard of the CD has a form of FEC).

I have a PhD in Physics. I have studied and work in both anlogue and digital transmission.

I have expensive speaker cables and cheapest-of-the-cheap DVI and HDMI cables in my home.

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