Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site resonex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!resonex!tggsu From: tggsu@resonex.UUCP (Tom Gulvin Root) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.video Subject: Re: Video connecting Cables Message-ID: <207@resonex.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 13:32:36 EST Article-I.D.: resonex.207 Posted: Tue Jan 15 13:32:36 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:40:20 EST References: <117@lcuxc.UUCP> Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.audio:3800 net.video:891 >> I'd use the highest quality connecting cables I can get, for two reasons: > 1) There's a lot of EMI/RFI out there and you don't want that stuff getting > into your signal lines - for better or worse most VCRs, like most line > level audio stuff, are high impedance (typically around 10K or so) and thus > are susceptable to hum, hash, and noise pickup. > 2) You want a cable that has low attenuation at video frequencies. > My suggestions - Monster Cable Interlink Reference (not cheap, but good) > or a good grade of coax. I suspect the Sony video cables (which will > also work for audio) or Discwasher Gold-ens will give acceptable results > if you're not that picky for a far lower price. > Recards, > Bill Mitchell (ihnp4!lcuxc!wjm) I have a laser disk player and locate it in a closet because it's an early one and they are quite noisy. I used to locate it adjacent to the tv with a 3 foot gold end, high cost, high hipe rca connector. When I moved it to the closet, I used about 25 feet of Radio-Shack's plain $3.50/12 feet of RCA extension. I live in an area where normal TV reception is being constantly knocked out by the neighbors coffee grinder, etc. and landing planes at the nearby Naval Air Station. I noticed *absolutely* no difference in the video on the screen (I align my own prjection tv and focus both the crt's and optics from time to time - I would notice the difference). I would be very wary of the claims made for these super connectors. Tom Gulvin - Resonex, Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA.