Recommendations for Best Composite Cable. Clare/Andrew/Andy please help.

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Can someone please recommend the best composite cable (i.e. the Red/White/Yellow) that I can buy? I can't seem to find any on the QED or the Chord Company websites and I don't recall an Award Winner for this. Thanks.

 

[Andy Clough]

Hi there

In truth, not sure we've tested any composite video cables recently, only component or HDMI. I'll check with the team when I get in the office later. What will you be using it for?

 

[Andrew Everard]

The picture quality on composite video is sufficiently low - at leasr relative to that on RGB, component or HDMI connection - to make cable quality for such connections less important. I'd go for a reasonable well-made cable for the video element - from somewhere like Maplin - and conventional stereo interconncets for the audio component - ie on the 'red/white' cables.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the speedy reply guys! OK, so I should go for something like the Award Winning Atlas cables for the stereo interconnects then and a separate composite video cable. Any recommendations of particular Brands that I should check out for the composite video cable? I can't seem to find one from the major manufacturers like QED and Chord Company. Or would any "plain vanilla" composite cable work just fine as well?

 

[Andrew Everard]

You don't seem to have read my answer above, so let's try again.

This will do fine

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Andrew. So, the plain vanilla ones that are supplied with DVD players, etc are fine then?

I went shopping today and here are some options that were recommended:
1) Atlas Element Composite for Video http://www.atlascables.com/index.php?id=227 and Atlas Equator MK II RCA for Audio http://www.atlascables.com/index.php?id=93

2) QED Qunex P75 for Video http://www.qed.co.uk/i150c197-158/QED_Cables/Digital_Interconnects/Qunex_P75.htm and QED Qunex 1 for Audio http://www.qed.co.uk/i115c170-158/QED_Cables/Audio_Interconnects/Qunex_1.htm

3) Monster Standard Composite Video/Interlink http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=266

So, all this would be an overkill then, right? Or would I be able to see a huge difference in performance? Thanks.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes any of those would be fine, but unless you have a particular interference problem I think the plain vanillas or the ones I suggested would do just as well, given the relatively low quality of composite video

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Andrew. I'll try out the plain vanilla ones first then to see whether the quality is acceptable.