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Place to buy cables in Dublin

  • 17-10-2006 5:02pm
    #1
    Zombrex
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    Hi guys,

    My dad has just upgraded to a Samsung HD LCD TV, and he wants to try out the component connection he has in his DVD place (the DVD player was connected with a cheap scart cable), and he asked me to have a look for him in Dublin today or tomorrow.

    My understand is that Component cables are just 3 RCA cables with sheilding to protect the analog signal, but all the ones I've seen so far have been very expensive.

    DID were selling one for €109, and Peats.com seem to have ones for about €55. This to my dad is far to expensive for a cable that he has seen online for €14 (pixmania.com), and that he is not even sure he needs.

    So my question is where is a good place in dublin to buy A/V cables that aren't absolutely top of the range high end ones. Or is the best bet to go online?


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  • #2
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Heaven forbid, but B and Q have component cables (amongst others).
    Not overly overpriced.

    L.


  • #3
    Ivan E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭Ivan E


    Upgraded to the same tv myself and decided to get the same cables too to make use of the progressive scan on my dvd. But also because I have just put the tv on the wall, I knew I'd need longer cables. Your best bet is to go on to ebay. I bought a 5m lead for just over €17. I can post the link of the supplier I got it off. Took 3 days to get.

    To be honest, I didn't really notice any difference but it is a longer lead and I haven't fully tested it out as yet. Just don't have the time at the moment. I've also just bought a new longer RGB compatible gold plated scart from the same crowd but haven't received that yet. Again I need a longer cable so I had to change what I had. One of the scarts I did have was a scart at one end and 3 composite cables at the other. Taking that out and replacing it with a standard scart did make a big difference.


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