RE: OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG

["Nick Shore" <nick.shore@xxxxxxx>]

apparently you can now get optical from homebase

 

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=9v10n3%246i8%241%40newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 09:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG

Could you tell a difference between the cables that you have of mine
when used as digital feeds between your DVD and Meridian?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 December 2001 09:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs
> for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG
>
>
> Steven,
>
> Well. In principle a "normal" phono cable (ie one half of a
> pair intended for analogue stereo) will be 'bad', but it will
> work over short distances (like - adjacent shelves on a hi-fi rack.)
>
> Next step up, for about a tenner is a "video" cable. This
> looks identical, except it's normally provided with yellow
> ends, and has the correct impedance.
>
> Above that are rather more expensive cables ;-)
>
> Richer Sounds used to do a deal whereby you would pay a
> deposit, and take away a box full of cables for the weekend.
> On the monday, you'd either bring them back, or pay for the
> ones you wanted to keep. Not sure if they still do this, though.
>
> As Phil and James have said, the only questions you need to
> ask are "can _I_ hear the difference in _my_ system", and "if
> I can, is _this_ difference worth paying _that_ amount of money for"
>
> Regards,
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Dickson [mailto:sdickson@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 December 2001 08:55
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for
> PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG
>
>
> Would one of you home cinema buffs be able to tell me what
> sort of cable I need to connect my DVD player to a home cinema amp. 
>
> Both units are JVC and have both the optical and 'phono' type
> coaxial connections on the back.  The amp/controller can be
> configured to accept either or, as far as I know my sky box
> doesn't support this (I know sky are trialing some DD at the
> moment, but my box only has stereo out 'phono' style sockets
> that I presume wont have the correct encoded bits), it's the
> pace unit.  So what would be my best option to use for the
> DVD player - optical or coax, and where night one get the
> correct cable/s -would I be correct in assuming that an
> ordinary unshielded wired one will be 'bad'.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> BTW anybody over this side of the pond wanting a Psion
> Wavefinder - PCworld in Sprucfield have about a dozen left -
> Thanks, Michael.
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