wkrasl
12-23-2004, 04:17 PM
Aside from all the hype and anti-hype, I could use some clarity.
The issue with cables is whether or not there is a noticeable difference in PQ depending on which cable you use, right? With digital TV, the signal coming into your home and your digital receiver either has all the bits intended .. and therefore has all the clarity that is intended by the broadcaster ... or you get pixelation from dropped bits. Right?
Doesn't that leave the 3-6 feet from your receiver to your TV as the source of PQ degradation we are buying high-end cables to prevent?
With the rat's nest of wires behind your TV, I can see some possibility of crosstalk and other signal interference in the remaining brief path. So ... all this hype about nitrogen injection, platinum shielding, etc. is addressing that issue. Right?
Aren't there any Consumer Reports (or similar) technical evaluation of the claims? Can anyone reply with links of independent testing lab reviews, that put calibrated signals in one end of a variety of cables (Monster, Radio Shack, Sci Atl, Brand X, etc.), run the cable through a shielded box filled with common interference sources found in the home, and measured the quality of the various signals coming out the other end of the box?
Finally, won't this all be a moot point when we finally close the gap and carry that digital signal directly into the TV with HDMI? Then the only issue will be whether or not any bits are being dropped. Right?
The issue with cables is whether or not there is a noticeable difference in PQ depending on which cable you use, right? With digital TV, the signal coming into your home and your digital receiver either has all the bits intended .. and therefore has all the clarity that is intended by the broadcaster ... or you get pixelation from dropped bits. Right?
Doesn't that leave the 3-6 feet from your receiver to your TV as the source of PQ degradation we are buying high-end cables to prevent?
With the rat's nest of wires behind your TV, I can see some possibility of crosstalk and other signal interference in the remaining brief path. So ... all this hype about nitrogen injection, platinum shielding, etc. is addressing that issue. Right?
Aren't there any Consumer Reports (or similar) technical evaluation of the claims? Can anyone reply with links of independent testing lab reviews, that put calibrated signals in one end of a variety of cables (Monster, Radio Shack, Sci Atl, Brand X, etc.), run the cable through a shielded box filled with common interference sources found in the home, and measured the quality of the various signals coming out the other end of the box?
Finally, won't this all be a moot point when we finally close the gap and carry that digital signal directly into the TV with HDMI? Then the only issue will be whether or not any bits are being dropped. Right?
