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

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Its "possible" that they were being driven via a distribution amp
and two
outputs of the amp were connected to different inputs on the TV using
Monster Cable and cheap cable but....

1. It the TV capable of a side by side image. (I know some are but most
arent)
2. Was it a genuine Harry Potter DVD or a "specially" prepared
demo DVD
3. Where do they buy their cheap leads from ( no-one complained about the
quality of images on my KAT5 stand and my most expensive SCART lead cost me
£3 because I had to buy it in a shop because I wanted it in a hurry!)

My guess is a specially prepared DVD with the split screen images on it
which unless they has a notice somewhere indicating that it was a
simulation, it a clear attempt to mislead people into believing that the
difference is that dramatic. If that is the case then I would suspect that
Trading Standards might like to take a look.

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: wayne [mailto:wayne@xxxxxxx]
>
>
> There was a display set up using a sony wide screen tv,
> a couple of 'proline?' dvd players (the cheap looking sub
> £80) demonstrating how good the 'Monster' scart leads are.
> Everything was plugged into a 'Monster' power block, one of
> the dvd players was connected using a 'cheap and cheerfull'
> scart lead, the other with the 'Monster'. The TV was
> displaying a 'picture BY picture' of the new Harry Potter.
>
> When I first got there, I overheard one of the sales guys
> 'giving the bull' to an elderly couple on these wonderfull
> leads and how good the 'Monster' stuff is. He went on to show
> them round the tv and how both of the dvd players were hooked
> up with each of these leads - even explaned the cable sample
> to show how thick the cable used in these leads are. All
> pritty impressive.
>
> Mmmm... one of
> these 'side by side' pictures were a bit wishy washy, blacks
> were grey and so on, the other was as crisp you would expect
> it to be. Then I started to study a bit more, each of these
> displays - considering that they were from two different dvd
> players - were PERFECTLY in sync!
>
> I reached down and hit STOP on one of the players,
> NOTHING HAPPEND, Diddly, Nada, Nowt! Now this was this was
> supposed to be the crappy picture on the bad cable. So - as
> you may have guessed - after pressing the stop button on the
> other player BOTH pictures went off - so much for the dual
> display!