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Re: WTB: S-Video Cables

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From: Jason Kau
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00
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Chris Sidi <sidi@angband.org> wrote:
> Jason Kau <jkau@vulture.cnd.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> You've clearly never encountered high-end audio/video cable prices:

>> Paying these prices for cables is pretty silly in my opinion but
>> many people believe they can perceive a difference (but inevitably fail
>> double-blind tests).  If you're going to buy a pair of $24,000 speakers (I
>> listened to a pair this past weekend), you'd probably have no qualms
>> laying out at least a couple thounsand for your interconnects and speaker
>> cable.

> ...says the boy with the symphonic vcr.

I get a tremendous increase in video quality when I use $200 CinemaQuest
composite video cables between my Symphonic and Panasonic TV!

-- 
Jason Kau
Georgia Tech Research Institute
jason.kau@gtri.gatech.edu
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From: Jason Kau <jkau@vulture.cnd.gatech.edu>
Newsgroups: git.ads
Subject: Re: WTB: S-Video Cables
Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:00:55 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA
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