Accident w/ component video cables
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I just finished setting up all my old audio stuff in a spare bedroom for when my dad comes to visit.
To make a long story short: I assumed that component video cables were simply standard 75ohm cables tied together and packaged in such a way as to bilk the consumer of a little extra cash. I stripped the three wires apart and used one of them as the RCA video link between my TV and Sega Dreamcast. Everything on the screen went blue!
I have since disconnected the offending cable but it seems some sort of permanent damage has been done to that particular input on the TV. No matter what device I now plug in (VCR, cable box, video game) using a REGULAR 75ohm video RCA cord - the picture is tinted heavily in blue. Luckily it hasn't affected the S-video or cable coax input or I would really be screwed.
Could this really be caused by using that component video cord? Or am I missing something?
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Ya didn't happen to be listening to the "blues", while doing the cabling described? (sorry BigWill...couldn't resist!).
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My instinct tells me that it can't be the cable. For one, component video cables are simply 75-ohm RCA cables. Are you sure the TV's input was fine before you attached the cable and Dreamcast? A connection on the inside may have come loose at the precise moment you attached the cable.
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pmbuko is right....there is nothing special abouta component cable. just hope the tv is still under warranty =)
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Just throwing another voice in here to assure you, component cables are just regular 75 Ohm RCAs. The TV must have been screwed prior to this.
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The home theater gods were punishing you for stripping a perfectly good component cable from its two siblings.
you shall watch blue television until you are blueberry like the girl in willy wonka... or, you could get your TV fixed
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Perhaps just Kable Karma.
Cables can't be responsible for this misadventure, yet ... your first thought was that it must be the cables. Clearly, down deep, you're unsure of your unequivocal pronouncement that cables can't make a difference.
Here's a suggestion - try some of these on a 30 day trial and tell me they don't make a difference.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/archives/
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It looks like a medieval nose torture devices to me.... I believe many audiophiles who sold their soul to high-end cables had their bodies drawn over hot coals with such a device.
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No, not a nose torture device. Those are the weirdly thin but terrific sounding Mapleshade Double Golden Helix speaker wires. Try them, I think you'll like them better than lamp cord.
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Somehow I doubt that 18 (or less?) gauge speaker cable can help him with his television problem. I also doubt that it works very well over long runs. However, not being in a position to spend incredible amounts of money on rather dubious improvements, I can't really say. I know I'd rather spend the same amount of money on something to watch or listen to.
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2x6 is being rather modest in describing the benefits of this wonderful product. A look at the site reveals more of the miraculous nature of this wire. Especially note that since it adds about a half octave of bass, those who have been considering Hsu or SVS subs might be well-advised to consider this instead. The description of this and many of the other items on the site strikes me as perhaps something that should be held up as a model of truth in advertising.
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Thanks for the feedback, people. I had originally figured that those were just 75ohm cables - glad to know that is still the case.
2x6, I don't think Dad will appreciate those expensive wires (he spends alot of time just watching Fox news during his visits).
And the TV is not under warranty, but it doesn't matter - I just ran the DVD to it via the s-video hook-up, and the vcr/cable box via plain old coax cable. Moved the Dreamcast to another bedroom w/ a TV.
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