i have a lcd tv now and wonder if its worth updating the scart lead
or is it hype
2006-12-10 08:27:08 · 6 answers · asked by ironman 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
I agree with above to an extent but with the gold connections it does make a cleaner connection which will oxidise less over time. This means in the long run you'll not be wiggling the cable when it does go off.
There is a diffrence is quality of sigmal but they are so good the difrence would be difficult to detect, under lab conditions it would show.
I used to work along side a tv engineer and he used them constantly when testing, and that was 15 plus years ago when they cost a fortune.
The better cables will give better sheilding from other magnetic sources too, we always have a tv sat next to a dvd player, a PS2, a sky box, etc which all have power supplies, most have motors, etc that throw out magnetic fields etc.
Some of this can show as interference but again, hard to see.
You can buy good scarts with gold connnectors very cheap now so you might as well spend the few pounds extra, when you bear in mind you have a grands worth of equipment there it really is not worth cutting corners on.
2006-12-10 10:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Over the short distance of a scart lead I really cannot see there would be much difference. I've recently bought new one as the standard freebie lead was too short. The new one is thicker cable, oxygen free, gold plated and all that stuff, but I couldn't see or hear any difference.
At the end of the day the picture is produced through different varying voltages (3 in the case of the separate R G B signal), any lead, no matter how thick can carry a voltage I can't see how a thicker lead would help. Maybe better insulation from noise, but over a distance of up to two meters I don't think anything is going to interfere with the signal.
2006-12-10 16:49:32 · answer #2 · answered by randombushmonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never buy cheap SCART leads - especially if the TV is HD-Ready .It`s not entirely hype but the better the connections in a SCART lead the better the signal transfer
2006-12-10 18:25:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have a basic one that came with my VCR but got a gold-plated (JVC, not a really flash Ixos) one for my new DVD player. One day, as an experiment, I swapped them over. I couldn't detect any difference!
2006-12-10 16:36:04 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit n a Miss!
2006-12-11 00:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by Cockneyrebel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it makes any difference matey
2006-12-10 16:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by jimmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋