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Hello fellow nut-cases.I need your opinions on what is the best video cable on the face of the planet right now. I have a small consensus around here that is telling me that the Audioquest S-2 and S-4 are the all around best. Other ideas??
Thanks,
Rob
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I wasn't at this meeting, but the VP of sales at my last shop related this story to me about the launch of the M1000SV. There had always been a problem with long runs of Svideo. So, Monster does this big presentation talking about the problems with long runs, using a projector. Apparently, the presenter had a big 500ft spool of cable sitting in the middle of the stage, and then showed everyone some film clips comparing their new cable to their old reference cut to a short length. After everyone saw the impressive improvements in picture with the new cable, he informed them that the images they viewed on the new cable were through the entire 500 foot spool!We had a few different cables from several different manufacturers around, and the M1000SV was outstanding. Fine, fine cable. I will say, however, it isn't a huge step up from the M500SV, which is what I have running part of my system. I couldn't afford the 12 meter chunk of M500SV I needed for my run, so I'm using Monster SVideo3. Fine cable, works like a champ.
I replaced the common variety S cable from the Theta Data III with expensive 7 nines (HD-24870) which I was persuaded is the best you can buy. The result - absolutely no difference I could see on our Barco 808s projector (via Barco VSE40 switcher/quadrupler).Before the projector set up I used a 50 ft length of Monster S cable (labelled "High Derfinition Low Loss Video Cable for S-VHS") from the LD player to the Sony Monitor and it worked fine. Actually you have reminded me I should put it up for auction.
So, I suiggest you tread carefully and save your dollars.
John
I made my own which performs extremely well. I have about a 40 foot run from DVD to ceiling mounted front projector. I used Belden coaxial cable with bnc ends (one for the chroma one for the luma) which then connects to an Enron(?I would have to confirm this) s-video with two bnc ends.
While I generally stay away from Monster cable in the audio world, I agree with the first poster than the M1000 series is VERY good. I use all Monster cable at home for my video. I believe it's discontinued, but Audioadvisor.com still sells it.Robert
I use Monster Cable M1000SV in my system and get excellent picture quality. About 2 years ago, WidescreenReview did a video cable comparison test. The outcome from these tests probably surprised many people. You may be able to find the test in an archives section of their site. Monster Cable has a new cable out called the M2000 series that is supposed to be a step up from their M1000 series. Check out their site for details. As with ANY audio and video product, check it out in YOUR system first (if you can) before purchasing.
Certainly the finest video cable I've used. Tried one of their lesser brethren and returned it -- noisy, unwatchable. But the M1000SV is great in my system, and relatively cheap, too.
Was using the M1000SV (one metre) when I switched my system around and had to go to a 7 metre run. Ended up buying 7 metre of Tributaries basic (they say S-Video runs into signal loss at 15 feet) for less than the price of the 1 metre of Monster and honestly feel the base Tributaries (even at 7 metres compared to 1) is a better cable. The top of the line Tributaries S cable can probably be had for about $70 or $80 I would guess, the base at around $40. I wouldn't buy any other video cable.
I defer to your experience here. I have not used the Tributaries S-video cables. There are two M1000SV's in my system: Pioneer DV-05 dvd player to a Denon AVR-3300 receiver, receiver to an older Hitachi 27" TV. Perhaps on my small set the differences between Monster and Tributaries wouldn't be noticed, though I'd appreciate your thoughts on this.Also, could you outline your signal path? My next purchase will likely be a large screen TV, and if I'll get better results with different cables, I have no qualms about upgrading. Have you tried component cables, and if so, what kind of results did you see?
I'm also using a small set, a 27" Proscan with the S-Video coming from an RCA 5223P DVD player. I do believe the 1000SV to be a very good S-Video cable, it was a pretty dramatic improvement over the Acoustic Research cable I upgraded from. But even with a 7 metre run of the Tributaries that I paid $60 for on the 27" Proscan, I saw marginal improvement from the Tributaries, colors seemed to be a little more vivid and better saturated and there seemed to be better definition, particularly noticeable in "dark" scenes. Monster has a new cable out, the 2000SV, supposedly even better than the 1000; I guess what I'm saying is that the Tributaries appears to be slightly better cable than the Monster at a much better price. My TV doesn't have component inputs, so my component experience is limited. I did, however, buy a set of base Tributaries component cables for $50 for a friend with a Toshiba SD 1600 and the 40 inch widescreen HD Toshiba TV as a gift (if you can believe it, he had it hooked up with coax!). I watched scenes from "The Thin Red Line" (a movie that I got for free with my DVD player) after hooking the component cables up to his set and it was pretty wild. It was almost like watching a different film! There was color and detail in abundance that I just don't see on my TV, but to be fair, his Toshiba set costs about 5 times as much as my Proscan! In any event, the Tributaries have a very good reputation (although not particularly well known) for their video cables. You might want to look at their web site, which has prices posted that are higher than I paid. If you want, you can e-mail me and I'll let you know who I bought from (over the net). Regards
I've tried many S-video cables and the best I found was Nordost Optix S-video . It retails for about $250 a metre but I've equipped my whole system with it and consider the money well spent.I chose this after a year of trial and error (mostly error) and suggest you put this on your short-list. There could well be better out there but I can't imagine how it could be better. The blacks are the deepest I've ever seen and resolution is excellent. Overall colour rendition is superb and the pins in the connectors are sturdy and don't break easily (unlike MIT).
Of course the usual caveat applies. Try before you buy, if possible.
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