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

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

As I said before, If YOU can tell the difference the money is well spent.
The higher the quality of equipment being connected, the more likely it is
to show up any deficiencies anywhere along the chain.

As Mark said, a DVD player will demand a higher quality cable than a VCR
because with the VCR you are probably only sending one video signal because
its output will be Composite. With the DVD player it will probably be
sending RGB and you dont want the different colour signals to interfere
with
each other.

I keep leads as short as possible because it is much neater.


Keith

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


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark_harrison_uk2 [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 July 2003 20:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: A Comets Tail :) (its a bit long)
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Wayne" <wayne@p...> wrote:
> > ok - what happens to 'the weakest link in the chain' idea?
> > If Keiths Kat5 units can use cheap leads without any noticeable
> > differance - then why go for the more expensive solutions,
> > in fact why at all?
>
> OK, let's for a moment assume that the "weakest link"
> concept is a good model. (It's not bad, but it's not good either.)
>
> If the rest of your hifi is relatively cheap, then cheap SCART leads
> will be fine. The fact that KAT5 isn't the weak link in the chain is
> well proven.
>
> If the rest of your hifi is high-end, then cheap SCART leads may not
> be fine. The fact that KAT5 may not be the weak link in the chain is
> also something you need to test.
>
> You need to try things in YOUR system.
>
> At the very bottom end, cheap = flimsy, and that's a bad idea.
> Further up the chain, it all hinges on source quality. I use a rather
> better quality SCART cable on the DVD player than on the VCR or the
> babycam (where the limiting factor is the camera itself, and is a key
> KAT5 application for me.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>