Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Juano]

I have just got a 60" LG plasma which I am trying to optimize. I've got a satelite receiver, 2 DVDs (one has a sound system included) and a VCR.

My specific questions are:

1) The coax that comes from the dish, is it a standard cable or are there different qualities

2) I have to extend the coax, and I used 3 connectors. Do I lose quality for doing do? Is it better to run the least possible connectoins and iseally try to have one only calbe from the dish?

3) Then, in the TV, there are: a) a rs-232 input (guess for the PC), b) a DVI (says its for the PC as well?), c) component input (Y, Pa, Pb), audio video sockets (AV4) as well as S Video, d) Antena input, f) 3 scart sockets (Av1, 2, 3) and an extra AV5 Audio video in sockets and S-video Audio in Sockets

As you can see there are many possible combinations..BUT, what is the best? I have heard different theories...S-Video is better..No, no, Scart is better???

4) Is it better to connect the different inputs into the TV or connect them to each other. If connected to each other, is there any loss in quality?

5) I heard cables make a difference. Can you reccomend one with a track record?

Thank you very much for you help,

Juan

 

[jaxvon]

Welcome!

Alright, onto the questions:

1. If you're talking about digital coax audio cable, then it should be a high-quality 75 ohm cable (the same goes composite video cables).

2. I doubt you lose quality, but if you do it isn't much. Still, I think it's best to use one cable to simplify things to reduce the number of places the signal run can fail. There are plenty of places that sell long cables to meet your needs.

3. Of the video connections you listed, DVI and component video would have the highest quality (although I think SCART might do component level stuff).

4. For connections, I find it's best to use an A/V receiver for switching, as it simplifies matters. However, if your DVD players have component video output, but your receiver does not, it's best to just go directly to the TV with the component video.

5. Cables can make a difference, but using any quality cable will yield great results. As far as sounding different, I believe that only a poorly designed cable will make something sound different. If you're in need of top-flight cabling, I would suggest that you check out Blue Jeans.