Best component video cable under $150?

Bignerd100, I must disagree.

I used to use whatever cable for video... then I bought a Nordost Optix S (S-Video) cable from Sancuary of Sound, and replaced what I was using (Monster M1000) and the difference was clearly obvious even on my ~30" Proscan... While I have not done a significant comparison of component cables (I knew I'd end up using DVI in a short enough time to not bother) I must logically assume their IS a differnce...

Now, on the flip side of the coin... many A'goner's will argue I am on glue and that their is no difference between video cables.... I for one find this a tough pill to swallow when we are a group of people who spend more than many do for all their components on cables, how can we discriminate against video cables vs. audio????

The one place in a system where cables can make a huge difference is video.

To be honest the MIT stuff is extraordinary video cable. They are the masters of this domain.

And I think $175 will get you the best video cable technology on the market.

"I for one find this a tough pill to swallow when we are a group of people who spend more than many do for all their components on cables, how can we discriminate against video cables vs. audio????"

I agree KennyT, if you're not spending $75 on you component cables, it is likely that the cables are truncating your video bandwidth. Silver is a bad idea because it can tarnish very easily and depending on how the wire is terminated could seriously affect how long the cable will maintain optimal performance.

Also make sure the dialectric is bonded to the center conductor so that gaps are prevented and impedance problems are avoided. I could go on but hopefully someone else can jump in and add some of the other prereq's for a good video cable.

I have been enjoying a bunch of Have stuff for years. All but one S video cable have worked flawlessly. I suspect it's more the nature of those delicate connections inherenet in S video rather Have's fault. Cheap and good. The fellows on AVS Forum tout the Blue Jeans cables often.

Do you have BNC native jacks or RCA? I am going to assume RCA on both ends. I see you have a rear projection LCD. Cables may not make a huge difference. Heartlandcables.com tend to be cost effective. Radio Shack Fusion Gold were good when they made them. They do something cheaper now. Bluejeanscable.com, bettercables.com, and cobaltcables.com make decent stuff as well. Monster tends to be expensive relative to value.

"Silver is a bad idea because it can tarnish very easily and depending on how the wire is terminated could seriously affect how long the cable will maintain optimal performance.
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Cinematic_systems, I've been using silver (not silver coated) audio cables for many years without any apparent long term effect. Are you saying there is something to this for video cables? It raises some concern, as I just finished evaluating long component cables and selected Bettercables Silver Serpent Reference over the Bluejeans Belden 7710A. The serpents produced a slightly more detailed picture, and the color was a bit more saturated (without looking cartoony). Is there any real reason to reconsider simply because these are silver coated copper conductors?