RE: My Plamsa decision hell!

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the offer Paul, I may well take you up on it.  The screen g= ets
delivered tomorrow, but the tuner follows a week or so later, and I still need to work out where to put all my existing kit (I 'sold' the idea of a plasma on looks and space saving, but my kit has a far larger footprint tha= n
my current TV!).  Once I've done that, I should know exactly what cabl= es
I'll need.

Bearing in mind I'm not as much of an audio/visualphile as a lot of people<= BR> on this list, are very good cables really worth the difference, to, say, these:

http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/product.asp?catalog%5Fname= =3Dcpc+catalogue&cate
gory%5Fname=3D&product%5Fid=3DAV0461366


I know the answers will probably be yes, but I thought I'd ask.  I'll = never
get away with spending another =A3500 on cables right now, so I need to fin= d a
cost efficient solution that won't affect the PQ too much.  Over time = I'll
be able to buy some better cables (easily smuggled in, and SWMBO would neve= r
notice some new cables ;-))

Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2003 10:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My Plamsa decision hell!


Pete,



The spending hasn't stopped until you get all your cabling (can cost quite = a
bit). I bought my YUV cables from a broadcast supplier RGB Comms
(www.rgbcomms.com). They are a distributor so you may need an account (whic= h
I have). If you get stuck, drop me a line and I may be able to help you out= .



I bought 3 x 3m YUV cables for about =A380-90 each which was much cheaper t= han
the stupid prices most HIFI retailers want for good cables. These are
broadcast quality cables.



Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 January 2003 08:29
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My Plamsa decision hell!



Finally bit the bullet yesterday, and after 2.5hrs in RS, bought the Panny<= BR> 42", the tuner (which can be returned if I don't like it), a wall moun= t
bracket, new sub and the Limit prog scan DVD player.  They price match= ed the
cheapest websites for each of the bits of kit (=A33299.94 for the screen, thanks to PRC for pricing it at =A33399.94, a penny cheaper than RS, so RS = had
to match and beat by =A3100 :-) ).  The screen & bracket will be d= elivered on
Saturday, the tuner & tuner card will follow in a week or so.

I've not bought any interconnects yet (I've not finalised where all the kit=
is going yet), but when I do, does anyone have any recommendations of good,=
but reasonable, cables?

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 January 2003 08:17
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: [ukha_d] My Plamsa decision hell!


Well, I said I'd keep you posted on progress.  For the full story of m= y
decision-making hell, refer to my various threads on the excellent
www.avforums.com, however, for the condensed version:

1. Panny/Pio/Panny/Pio etc etc.  Finally decided on Pio for practicali= ty
reasons. 2. Nobody has stock of the Pio, unless I want to pay =A35k for the=
privilege. RS can't commit to a delivery date, but will sell for <=A34k.=   JL
likewise, plus they won't match anyone that doesn't have stock. 3. Another<= BR> few hours spent researching screens 4. Now decided on the Panny, with the TU-PT600 tuner, again, for the same connectivity issues previously
discussed.  I'm reliably informed that the new Panny receiver box is a= lot
better than the previous effort (direct pass-through of component inputs fo= r
eg).  Anyone disagree? Tim?

My original plan (well, plan 14b) was to get the Panny screen with the RCA<= BR> terminal board, and connect everything via my amp (i.e. s-video) apart from=
the DVD, which would connect on the components.  However, the screen apparently doesn't support both inputs at the same time (grrrr), so that's<= BR> scuppered, hence my new decision to take the receiver box.

I tells ya, it's a minefield out there!  I'm off to haggle with RS at = 10
(and to buy the Limit DVD player), so I'll let you know.  My 36" = TV goes
this weekend, so it's back to a 14" until the plasma arrives :-(

P.


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