S-video cables...

[MeekloBraca]

Are there different types of Svideo cables that work better than others? The futureshop loser was trying to sell me on some 100 dollar monster svideo cables. I laughed at him at first and then thought i should do some fact finding of my own. Your opinions?

[ZippyP.]

Other than basic build quality (sturdiness, wire gauge etc.), pretty much any cable will work as good as another

[GabeB]

Monster is a bunch of BS. Don't buy into their marketing but also don't buy cheap 99 cent cables.

[ebenton]

I agree that Monster is overrated. However, I once bought a $15.00 HDMI cable online and had to send it back, because of a loose connection. Don't go *too* cheap.

[whitejremiah]

yea, i'd say go a little above mid range to be on the safe side...monster cable is REDICULOUSLY overpriced...yes, it does work awesome, but so does the cabling thats one notch below it that costs 1/4 the price.....even stuff like radio shack brand gold plated cable works pretty good. Myself, i use around a 30 dollar s-video cable that i picked up one day on a spending rampage at best buy...spent something like 2500 bux that day, so i just tacked on the cable like most people tack on a soda or candy or something like that....spent WAY too much there that day.

[ebenton]

Yeah, after the HDMI cable fiasco, I bought a gold-plated HDMI cable from my local cable company for $50.00. Circuit City wanted about $100.00 to $120.00 for a Monster HDMI cable.
The one I got from my cable company was twice as long, too.

[Nelson37]

Short, thick, and moderately priced. Have seen no visible difference among cable except for the absolute cheapest POS was slightly worse.

[BrainStorm69]

Never got a chance to test Monster s-video, but I agree that it's unlikely that they are better than more moderately priced cables.

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=279561&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=cable

[cpotoso]

Just get any S-VIDEO cable and it will VERY LIKELY work perfectly. The reason for this: the signal out of a DVD player is quite robust and a bit of problems on the way to the TV will not be significant.

The only times where you really need very high quality cables are:

a) when the signal is very weak, so you do not want added noise or losses

b) when the signal is *VERY STRONG* so that signal reflections can damage your devices.

Neither case is true for the application you have in mind (connecting a DVD player to a TV).

(BTW: I do have a PhD in Physics...) 8)

[bendixG15]

c) when the cables are very long

[cpotoso]

c) when the cables are very long

Indeed, forgot that one!