|   Sooo......Video? | Spiky
Nov 29, 2001 11:37 AM | | No one ever talks about video cables here. Why? |
| Never/always, why assume I'm being so absolute? | Spiky
Nov 29, 2001 2:29 PM | | So 1 topic on the front page is about video, not counting this one. I alter my original question thusly:
Almost zero topics here are about video cables. Why? |
| Again, you're not looking very hard | BT
Nov 30, 2001 12:02 AM | | The topic of video cables seems to pop up here at least once or twice a week. |
| Oh, forget it | Spiky
Nov 30, 2001 8:12 AM | | You people really are dense. I'm not looking for help on video cables dimwits, I'm trying to figure out why the hell 70% of all posts are just arguing over audio cables. There's so little beneficial content that anybody new who comes here will never get help of any sort, just arguments thrown at them. What a stupid place.
Adam, just delete this thread, I quit. |
| Bye (nt) | GCM
Nov 30, 2001 11:07 AM | | |
| Try this Spiky... | Monstrous Mike
Nov 30, 2001 10:39 AM | | Maybe it hasn't caught on yet. There will be people on the very near future who will start demanding "videophile" video cables for their HDTVs.
It will be similar to the audio cable debate. Something like: "Hey, I just purchased a $1000 six foot component cable set and the colors came alive. The depth of clarity has increased twofold and the reds are as red as the sunset."
The good thing about this is that there can be no double blind testing.
An a more serious note, as an electrical engineer I can tell you that cables are designed to do a job. Transfer a signal from point A to point B with a minimum of distortion. The things you need to know are what type of signal is being transferred, how far does it have to go, and what type of environment is it travelling through. Once you have the proper cable for the job, anything more expensive is simply lining someone's pockets or paying for someone's yacht.
And in the case of home audio, the signals are not complex, the environment is usually benign and the distance is usually short.
So in answer to your question, audio cabling caught on as potential source of sound improvement several years ago and thus generated this large cottage industry of fancy cabling. Video cabling has not reached this level of prominence in home A/V applications but it might be seen as an untapped market. The consequences would be interesting. |
| Try this Spiky... | Spiky
Dec 1, 2001 7:21 AM | | Obviously you haven't been paying attention. Component, RGB, VGA, etc. is a huge market. People are paying hundreds, thousands for these cables. The advent of DVD, component video connections, and HDTV has pushed these cables into the limelight in the last 3 years. On other forums this topic is discussed daily.
Again, I was not asking for help. I am not an EE, but I understand the basic physics and concepts behind cable use and design.
The reason nobody here talks about it is because ANYONE can readily see the difference between almost any 2 differently-constructed cables used for video. There's no reason to fight and hate over video cables. (at least not as badly as for audio) THIS is the whole point of this topic. Obviously, it went right over everyone's head. IMHO, no one else here is tired enough of the nasty debate yet, so my topic is too soon. Someday hopefully someone will grow up and decide that information is more important than bickering. Ex: mtry won't even admit that some cables are poorly manufactured. That's just stupid. Must hurt his scientific ego.
And I thought I'd left junior high school.... |
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