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Re: A Comets Tail :) (its a bit long)



Each player only had the one 'signal' lead coming out of the back - one the
monster cable to one dvd the other the cheap n nasty.
but pressing stop on one player - stops BOTH pictures? - Mmmm smells a bit
fishy

Wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] A Comets Tail :) (its a bit long)


> Did you actually see how they had the DVD player that was feeding both
pictures setup?
>
>
>
> Giving them the benefit of the doubt, they could have had one SCART
output
connecting via cheap cable and a second SCART connecting via Monster
cable??? i.e. two outputs from one DVD player providing the comparison -
mind you, even then they could still be sending composite vs RGB or
S-Video.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 July 2003 19:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] A Comets Tail :) (its a bit long)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wayne" <wayne@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 6:33 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] A Comets Tail :) (its a bit long)
> >
> > Like I said before I dont use the 'out of the box' leads at all,
but
would
> be curious if
> >there IS any noticable differance in the leads you can buy. - oh
nothing
is
> over the >ordinary length here about 1.5m which is about your
standard
'box
> under the telly' >config. And, from thier demo - if the source is
crap
then
> it doesnt matter WHAT leads >you use - it wont get any better! so
those
> cheapy dvd players....
>
> Hmmm.
>
> I wonder if they were doing something as simple as driving one of the
TVs
> with S-Video, and the other via composite?
>
> Personally, I haven't seen any difference between a halfway decent OFC
scart
> lead and some wet string... everyone develops their own views on these
> things, and I think that the general electrical noise in my house
> contributes more to the quality of my own video signals than
oxidisation
of
> the copper in my scart leads... ;)
>
> I.
>
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