The salesman sold me an "s" video cable to take the place of one of the component cables, he said the picture would be better. Is this true?

S-Video is better than composite , but component is better than both.

As you can see a component cable is actually three cables in one.

Pat,

Craig, as usual, is absolutely correct. You can get some excellent component cables without breaking the bank at Blue Jeans Cables . They will even cut to a specified length. Go for the Belden 1694 which is a set of 3 individual cables. The 7710 set are the same cables, but all assembled in a sheath, which is not very flexible.

I own Axiom's component cable, it's a flexible little.....wait little, what am I saying, IT'S A BEAST! That cable is seriously garden hose size, and top notch quality as well, I've got a 25 foot one going through my wall, you couldn't ask for a more solid cable.

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"Axiom Interconnects all around"

Wow! I'd love to have Axiom interconnects all over. Unfortuantely, I don't appear to be made of money at the moment. Wait, lemme check again... no, just skin and bones...

Thanks Guy's,

Ray, I just picked up 50' of Axiom speaker cable and a couple locking banana plugs(heavy duty)for my sub. Those are some "r e a l l y" nice looking component interconnects. I am trying every trick in the book,(isolation..spikes..cables..speaker placement..etc. etc.) to improve sound and picture without just dumping $$ on more expensive gear. I've also been looking at Blue Jean Cables and a few others.

With the pictures it really clears things up about what is what...........thanks again.....Happy Holidays

I'm always amazed how freaking stupid some of these salesman are, what store where you at? Sounds like he was just trying to make a sale, and maybe out of stock on component...

Just a run of the mill Best Buy "need a job kid" turned me onto it. I did notice my one hundred dollar dvd player has component but the only thing my 27"Sony Trinitron flatscreen has is lots of jacks on the back with nothing "labeled" component. Of course to complicate things my Denon is in the mix too. Everything works now but I was just looking to do some more "tweaking".

Unless you have a newer tv, the S-Video is as good as you can get.

I'm in the same boat.

I keep telling myself that I'll be getting a new 55+" tv in 2005. We'll see what happens. Of course that means a better dvd player as well.

Oh Man,
The choices for tv's now days are endless...dlp..plasma..lcd. So many to choose from...maybe things will settle down in the tv market when I go seriously looking to ugrade. Spiff, I still remember the photos of the mountains when you were on vacation..beautiful green everywhere!

i've heard that the price of plasmas are supposed to drop throughtout the year and be approximately what they are now at about this time next year. granted it's hearsay, but its better than nothing

I'm sorry...it's early and I could be wrong, but that made absolutely no sense. ????

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be approximately what they are now at about this time next year.

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Wouldn't that mean the prices will stay the same?

ASh - Nikttu Verata Klattu

Well I'm hoping the prices do come down on the Plasmas because they look pretty nice...even if I have to wait 2 or 3 years and that goes for all that new technology. Six thousand for a TV is just unbelieveable!

I wish you guys would get it right! It's "Klaatu barada nikto!

Actually, I was influenced by Michael Rennie's accent. I think I speak interstellar pretty well. Sniff. . I'm guessing very few of the younger guys have any idea what we're talking about.

sorry y'all, that statement was made PRE-coffee! what i meant was about HALF of what they are now. sorry if i confused anybody

Ah...that makes more sense.

I've just had a briliant idea for our bedroom this morning, involving an in-wall component rack, and a small wall mounted plasma tv.

Now I"m just waiting for my lucky lotto number to come in...

This is my BOOMSTICK!

About 14 years ago I saw in a Bdrm. high up on the wall was a recessed area just big enough to put a 20' tv and at that time it seemed soooo modern and hi-tech. Now those thin plasmas mounted on the wall especially in the living areas just bowl me over.

>>I wish you guys would get it right! It's "Klaatu barada nikto!

Not in Army of Darkness :

The real thing

Nah! They're just trying to get the original correct and failing. The original is the one above.

Agree the original is as you said, but with a user name like "Ash Boomstick" I would still have to weigh in that he's talking about Army of Darkness :



Still one of my all-time favorite movies.

Ash: Klaatu verrata nectu.
Wise man: Again.
Ash: Klaatu verrata nectu.
Wise man: Again.
Ash: I got it, I got it. I know your damn words, right?

I'm still trying to figure out what Klatt-Veratt-Nectar means.........? And Army of Darkness sounds like a chainsaw chop-chop movie...and I'm 43. Did I miss an episode or two of the original Star Wars?

yeah its coming off of AOD. ned- funny you mention Star Wars though, in Return of the Jedi three of Jabba's henchmen are named Klaatu, Nikto, and Barada (they're actually Raimi's homage to The Day the Earth Stood Still)

>>And Army of Darkness sounds like a chainsaw chop-chop movie...and I'm 43.

If you're 43 and haven't seen AOD yet what are you waiting for ? Imagine Monty Python meets Doom2.

Army of Darkness is a bit hard to pigeonhole, although definitely one of the funniest movies I have seen. It's the third movie in the Evil Dead series, although very different from the first two. More of a shotgun film than a chainsaw film, the chainsaw is just bigger and easier to see in the poster.

"Trapped in time... surrounded by evil... low on gas..."

"Army of Darkness is the third and last part in a series of horror-movies by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell as the hero Ash, a quite ordinary guy who works as a clerk in a mall called "S-Mart". Ash gets sucked into a tornado and ends up in medieval England, equipped only with a shotgun and a chainsaw. There he must retrieve an unholy book from an ancient graveyard in order to create a passage back to his own time. Unfortunately he fails to pronounce the spell that unlocks the curse over the book, which results in the awakening of an army of undead warriors..."

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-12947/AOD_page.html

If you get a chance to see Army of Darkness I strongly recommend it, although it is more of a "watch with your friends" than "watch with your young kids" kind of film.

The original "Klaatu..." phrase was a command given to the giant robot guardian in The Day the Earth Stood Still, a classic sci-fi film from the 50s.

There is even a newer widescreen version of AOD in DD 5.1. It sounds pretty good.

oh yeah, the "boomstick edition". its only about the 18th version of the movie Anchor Bay has put out, but at least it has the theatrical AND directors version, so i could justify buying it. my WIFE couldnt, but what does she know, she married my dumb @ss!

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LOL! Hmmmm...nuke power operator...dumb @ss...we should hope not.
You can't be all that bad if you're an AOD fan.

wanna know something even worse? i was an electrician on a submarine operating the plant there! your defense was in my hands!! needless to say, i got out after 6 years. pays better on the outside and i dont disappear for 6 months straight!

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I for one welcome a fellow Ash fan!

jr

ps there are rumors (real ones not bs) that Bruce and Sam are considering/working on a remake of Evil Dead.

Omigod, is that Lego ?

yeah i heard that theyre doing another evil dead... bu tsam's gonna only produce and bruce might not even act in it! why even call it "evil dead"?

Yeah, it would be tough to fill either of their shoes.

Bruce has been pretty much pigeonholed as an actor anyways, if I were in his shoes I would have fun being "Ash for life".

i agree. have you read his book "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor", a great biography and funny as hell to boot! oops, i just realized we inadvertantly and TOTALLY hijacked this thread! hah!

Hehe. Yes bridge it is a lego Ash.

I'm hoping that with Sam involved (and hopefully bruce) they can do something that won't make me cry to see. Same goes for the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate factory with Burton and Depp.
Of course every time I get my hopes up like this they are dashed on the rocks of craptasticness (Aliens 3, Blade Trinity).

jr

I have high hopes for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, mostly because I thought the one with Gene Wilder was so BAD. I mean, Gene Wilder's good, but the singing, the singing!

Yer gonna go see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in IMAX, right?

>>have you read his book "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor"

You're not going to believe this, but I just clicked onto Amazon.ca to look this up and the title appeared as one of my "recommendations". So... the mighty computer at Amazon thinks I'm just going to click on the link and order the book, huh ? What must they think about me ?

Should ship within 24 hours

Johnny Depp makes everything great.

Pirates of the Caribbean is one dvd I recieved from Santa, so it is on my to watch list. The beginning of that show is excellent when Depp steps off that sinking boat onto the dock.

bridgman-wow, thats kinda freaky. just goes to show you how effective spyware is! that book is so hilarious, im postive youre gonna like it, hell even my wife loves it and she doesnt even like his movies!

yeah im looking forward to Burton's version, if only because the original flick was sooooo f'in freaky he's the only director i could see ever doing it!

Agreed. Wilder's Wonka was played with a fantastic sense of menace. He was a very dark character and not to be trusted at all. Tim Burton is the only one who could pull off a remake (although I understand that this is supposed to be far more faithful to Dahl's book). Still, I've got to say I'm pretty skeptical.