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Went to Circuit City from where I had ordered the Panny (online).Salesman asked what kind of cables I was using for the 3 Y connection. At first I could not remember for sure if the guys who set it up had remembered to use the 3Y input for the DVD player, and not the composite in! Well, I remembered it was the component in, and I had used the standard RCA, yellow, red and white, knowing the red and white were intended for audio.
Salesman said that would not work for a progressive scan DVD picture, and that was why my movement artifacts were so prominent.I scoffed (This Dude is going to try and sell me expensive cables! Huh!).
He did.
Fixed the problem.
Great picture. I know cables are a thorny issue here, and I am the BIGGEST cable skeptic of all; but I will say what I saw, and it proved me wrong. The Monster Cable Component Video cleared up any motion artifacts. Very happy with the picture.DUI-51, but not too old to learn.
Follow Ups:
DUI,The hint you gave was the red&white for audio. That cable mix typically had a 50 Ohm red&white cable for audio and a 75 Ohm yellow cable for video.
So, right off the bat you had cable impedance mismatch with the red&white being used for video.
As Dman said, any old 75 Ohm video cable (even F connector coax with RCA adapters) would have worked. He is also right you could have bought 3 A/V (audio/video) cables from radio shack (pick your length) that would have worked just as well.
The critical point to remember about cables these days is that if you buy 75 Ohm cables with RCA connectors (typically labeled A/V) they will work for audio, composite video, component video, and digital audio.
The older audio only type RCA cables (50 Ohm) may cause problems. I'd avoid these altogether.
Gee, and I'm just using 3- 6 foot runs of RG-6 coax cable (the "cable TV" stuff) with Radio Shack gold plated ends on them and get a beautiful pic in my system (Toshiba 46"-ish RP)!FWIW...
Cheers,
Dman
GREAT GEAR DESTROYER!!!
...an RCA-branded digital component video cable set I picked up for about $16 at Wal Mart to my 46-inch Sony. There is a detailed diagram on the package that shows how these cables differ from standard shielded cable not designed for Component video. They have both a foil shield and a braided shield as well as gold plated connectors and a "pure copper signal conductor" LOL.The real question is not whether we need cables specifically designed for component video (we no doubt do), but rather whether any reputable brand of cables designed for component video will be ok and equal. What did you pay for your set at Circuit City? I would be interested if you could show that a $50 or $60 set of Component Video cables produces a clearer, sharper picture with fewer motion artifacts than the $16 RCA set I got at Wal Mart.
One reason people don't test these things is that its hard work to run the tests. I'm still fooling around with my $35 Cyberhome 300 vs $59 Toshiba 3950 DVD CD tests and havent come to any real conclusions on that yet either.
David
Thank you for the explanationas to why normal RCA plugs did not cut it.
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