De Work wrote:
On 11 Feb 2005 12:47:45 -0800, wrote:
Then the "Ultimate" cable dies.
Maybe a stupid question but how does a cable die?
What are the signs?
How does a cable die? My DVD picture got red and wavy. Cleaned the
rented disk. Same thing. Put in a DVD from my personal collection.
Same thing. Composite cable to TV works fine. Got a different S-Video
cable and the picture was fine.
How did I get suckered into an "Ultimate" cable? The features
sounded good. And with a lifetime warranty-how could I go wrong...?
I don't know if the picture is really better than a cheap cable or
not because I've never done a side-by-side test. An EE major with
the right test gear could tell if the signal were any better. Maybe
Consumer Reports has already done that? I'm sticking with the cheap
stuff from now on. I can tell you that the S-Video connection picture
looks better to me than the composite on my 27" Zenith.
I don't know if this O'Hara guy would do anything or not. I've
been at this for two months and dealing with the RCA/Thompson customer
service people has been nothing but ****ing into the wind. You can do
it but you only get wet. I'm done. What I find the most
disappointing is that RCA/Thompson re-writes the terms of the warranty
at will. They can't do that-"replacement with a current
equivalent cable" means just that. There is no "warehouse
discretion" or "current market value" written into the warranty.
The warranty was the reason I decided to spend the extra 20 bucks. And
the warranty was a lie.
As for buying a new cable and returning the broken cable-that's not
something I'd do. If it isn't illegal it feels wrong. I don't
want to stoop to RCA/Thompson's level. And I think even the rookie
high-school sales associate at Circuit City would realize that the
VH976 cable doesn't have 24-karat gold connectors. Clearly not an
equivalent cable...
So back to my original as yet unanswered question-what brands to I
need to avoid to steer clear of Thompson and RCA? GE appears to be one
based on other newsgroup articles. Does anyone know what brands are
owned by or use Thompson/RCA parts/components? The Thompson web site
is vague.
Walt