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Old 08-25-2012, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV View Post
If you swap those suspect cables with another and the interference goes away, then yes, they are bad. Specifically, it sounds like their shield/ground connections are bad. I have rarely had trouble with any analog cables at all, and none of my digital cables have gone bad either.
The only problems I have with consumer grade RCA cables are the connectors
which seem to be made with very thin, cheap metal that will work their way loose and cause an intermittent connection. I did have one triple RCA cable that lost the video ground/shield wire connection on one end that caused moire in the picture.
I've never had a problem with any S-video cables including some I've had for many years.
Cliff
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