gold aerial leads

lee8040 · Nearly there... Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Karma :

are gold aerial/tv leads better than the standard silver aerial/tv leads, do they give better quality and better signal or is it all rubbish ?

T1z3R · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Karma :

your not going to notice the difference between a signal received through a gold one compared to a silver one.
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lee8040 · Nearly there... Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Karma :

ok, i need to buy a new lead wasnt sure if it was worth spending that little bit extra on a gold plated one that they claim to be better or save the money for a cheap one

Resurrection · Ballast Boy Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Karma :

As far as scart leads and the like go i personally noticed a massive difference, no "Ghosting" or intereference!

Would reccomend the gold to all

Res
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Pte1643 · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Karma :

The gold plated RF, Scart, RCA (etc) fittings are generally better than the standard ones.

But, it's all down to the old "Weakest Link", in where unless they are ALL gold plated your not really going to gain from spending the extra.

If you look at the RF (Aerial) input socket on the back of your TV, for instance, I bet it's a standard one. Wink

owdamer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Karma :

When we recieve units at work for repair they usually have to enclose a proof of purchase, which is often a credit card statement.
We can see from their statement that they've bought something like a 42" plasma and a 160g hdd recorder together.
When we look at the recordings on their hdd recorders it quite often looks like they're using a coathanger for an ariel.
unbelievable.

Trixie · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Karma :

I was told once (regarding scart leads) that the gold ones aren't any different to the others. The only thing to watch for are the pins - to make sure there are 21 pins, as some of the cheaper plugs have 20 pins and that's what causes the lack of quality.
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lee8040 · Nearly there... Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Karma :

This wasnt a scart lead i was after but an aerial lead, i wasnt going to pay £35 but on ebay a standard one worked out at about £3 intotal and a gold one worked out about £3.50 in total wondered if it was worth pay the extra 50p.

T1z3R · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Karma :

it'd be worth making your own for less than £1. get the cable and plugs from woolies.
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tribal_tiger · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Karma :

One of my scart cables was £50!!!

Didn't pay for it mind! Let's just say it's rather chunky! For TV stuff I don't think you'll ever really notice any difference until you get into the manic HD stuff.

Speaker wire however! Different kettle of haddock!
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Unless your TV is gold plated it probably won't make a difference! Smile

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