Last week, we heard about an adapter that locks your HDMI cables into place. Now, ppc wants to cut out that middleman, with a self-locking cable.
Instead of having to attach another piece into your mix, the PPC Locking HDMI Cable features patented technology that can hold it onto that port pretty tight-the company claims it’s “three times greater†than conventional connectors.
Just attach the cable, and you can enjoy all of your HD/digital goodies with no worries of loose cables falling out. It works with set-top boxes, DVD and Blu-ray players, TV...
We brought you news mere days ago concerning the launch of IXOS' range of angled-head HDMI cables designed to tackle tricky cable placement. Now Panasonic has released something not dissimilar with its Free Angle HDMI Cable.
Compliant to HDMI 1.3a standards, ably supporting Full HD 1080p playback, the cable is designed to be discreet without compromising on quality.
Panny claims the average HDMI cable requires seven to nine centimetres of space behind it - not ideal when wall mounting a big old flatpanel as close to the wall as possible. The Free Angle cable head rotat...
Angled HDMI connectors seem to be all the rage today, with both Ixos and Panasonic introducing solutions to the problem of inserting cables where space is tight.
If you're mounting your flatscreen TV on the wall, or the HDMI socket is on the side, it can be awkward having a cable that sticks out too far.
Ixos's solution is a pair of right-angle HDMI adapters, the £30 Ixos Studio XS218 (pictured) and the £15 Ixos First XS118.
The 218 model has Ixos's patented iVEC technology designed to boost the HDMI signal and enable a cable to transmit a 1080p signal up to an ad...
Speaker wire capacitance and inductance normally have no effect on audio quality, though extreme examples using unusually high-impedance speakers and exceptionally long wire runs can show a small effect.
Speaker wire terminations are optional and largely for convenience. Bare wire ends work just as well electrically, and may work better mechanically as adding a termination introduces another potential point of error in installation or failure over time. The most common termination types are solder-tinned wire ends, soldered or crimped pin or spade lugs, banana plugs, and 2-pin DIN con...
Use of copper is more or less universal for speaker wire; it has low resistance and less cost compared to other suitable materials. Copper and aluminum both oxidize, but oxides of copper are conductive, while those of aluminum are capacitative and insulating.
Silver has a slightly lower resistivity than copper, which allows a thinner wire to have the same resistance. Silver is expensive, so a copper wire with the same resistance costs considerably less. Like copper, silver is also subject to oxidation.
Gold has a higher resistivity than either copper or silver, but it does not oxidize...