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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.video
Subject: Re: Video connecting Cables
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 10:42:12 EST
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> I then replaced my rather nice-looking 75ohm cable (I got it with my VCR; it
> has quick-disconnect F-connectors) with another shoddy-looking one that my
> cable company had given me, and voila', the problem disappeared!!

Over the last couple of years I have become absolutely superstitious
about the importance of the shield connection.  Every time I have had
a problem, it has been fixed by either 1) throwing out a cable with
the push-on connectors and replacing it with a screw-on cable, or
2) using a wrench on the screw-on, rather than just finger-tightening
it.  If you want good pictures, you'll have to accept that you'll
need a wrench whenever you want to mess with your cabling.

Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug