Gold plated Super Video cable generates a better image?

[Litaiff]

Hello.

Gold plated S Video cable is expensive, but would it have any better effect on VHS capture image generated with it or is it simply a myth?

I want to buy it, I only have common Svideos cables.



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[Gromyko]

simply a myth

[Sharc]

What really matters are individual screens for the Y and C wire to prevent Y<->C signal crosstalk plus an overall screen to protect against external electromagnetic interference.

[pandy]

Gold plating is well known technology for protecting against corrosion (usually due oxidation in harsh environment + some other types of corrosion) - it is commonly used in various connectors (like those in computers etc). Having gold plated connectors is fine however you need to be sure that all connectors (i.e. socket / receptacle and plug) are gold plated - if for example you socket is tin plated and your plug gold plated then gold will be quickly damaged (it will dissolve) in tin layer. Also gold layer is very thin (usually it is so thin that light can pass trough such layer), also frequently gold layer is faked by using instead gold thin layer of for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_aluminium_nitride?useskin=vector - it is common way to create appearance of gold without using gold.

[Litaiff]

I see. It's good to have this cable for other extra protection and anti-interference factors, right? But it doesn't do anything for generating any extra video quality.

[Sharc]

I see. It's good to have this cable for other extra protection and anti-interference factors, right? But it doesn't do anything for generating any extra video quality.

Having seen your other videos it is not a matter of the cable to improve your case.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/418772-Need-VCRs-with-video-stabilizers

[Litaiff]

I see. It's good to have this cable for other extra protection and anti-interference factors, right? But it doesn't do anything for generating any extra video quality.

Having seen your other videos it is not a matter of the cable to improve your case.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/418772-Need-VCRs-with-video-stabilizers

Yes, regarding this cable, it was just a curiosity, but what I have to have are excellent VCRs

[pandy]

I see. It's good to have this cable for other extra protection and anti-interference factors, right? But it doesn't do anything for generating any extra video quality.

Right - from electrical perspective it is more important to use good quality cable with well defined impedance (75 Ohm for TV equipment) - gold plating is nice to have but doesn't magically improve anything.

[Gary34]

I had bought some that looked like the ones in the picture off of eBay and they were thin and really didn’t work well. I have blue jean Svideo cables also and they are over shielded and heavy. They pull down on my Svideo ports. They don’t seem to be too grippy. Everything seems grippier when it is plugged into my TBC 3000. The ports are kinda tight compared to a 1980. That part depends on your gear. I have a Panasonic Svideo cables that I got for 2 dollars from a thrift store that I have thought about switching it out with my Blue Jean cable. Just buying some short thick non monster cables from a thrift store is a good idea in my opinion. I say non monster because I have heard they are too grippy but I’m not sure I’ve never owned any.