The way fiber optics work is through light right? So what does it matter if this cable is gold plated or not??? It only uses light right???
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Yes, its a totally digital signal over fiber optic. The gold plating would do nothing for the signal only prevent oxidation. And it looks cool.
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In reading the review for a new LG HDTV (37") it says that in order for external speakers to be hooked up to that TV, a fiber optical cable is needed. Is this the type he might be referring to? What is the correction to the problem with them falling out, I really don't understand it? Wouldn't it be better to just buy the cheapest ones that still fit correctly? (Sorry, I need to get answers to all of these before making the BIG purchase!)
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No it isnt. But this cable improve your experiencia with the game's audio. You can hear the audio with a hdmi cable or rca. Optical cable is perfect for Home theaters and other stuff.
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I use the gold plated DVI-D dual link cable with Ferrites, and I have great Quality High Definition picture, speed and graphics.
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only thing about fiber optics is, it is glass material, it can break if you should bump your gun inadvertently. Regular night sites much more rugged
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I had a similar experience. But in my case it was my own stupidity- I didn't remove the clear plastic cover from the end of the optical cable. For me, that little clear plastic cover was very hard to see so I thought it was part of the actual cable. The odd thing is that cable, with the cover, worked with another device.
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yes, it does what it's supposed to do. I haven't had a problem with mine and its not a bad price for the cable too! shipping is another story..
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This cable is UV-rated. Thanks for your question. Please feel free to follow up with any further question you may have! Taylor W. VIVO
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I had to look up what it was. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_U-verse It is the AT&T version of Verizon's FIOS, which is glass fibre to the house. I don't believe there is any metal in the fibre cable. So, there is no chance for a difference in electric potentials. I would expect there to be no similar problem that would need the ground loop isolator. HTH.
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I just checked mine that I purchased here from Cable-mix and fulfilled by Amazon. I thought originally it was solid copper, but after scraping the cable with a razor there was a silver color underneath the copper. I've used this to install six IP cameras that have power over Ethernet and have not had any issues..Hope this helps, Jay & ChrisP.S. I agree with the guy that said it is difficult to tell because it is a very heavy or thick coating of copper.:-)
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Sounds dumb but hear me out! Perhaps you didn't fully insert the optical plug into the TV. This slipped me up when I first bought my optical cable years ago and again today with my new EX72. Either the plugs on my cable are a bit too big or the optical ports are crazy tight when they're still brand new, because they seem to have taken the plug, but it takes unreasonable force to get them to actually click in.
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Light guns don't work on HDTVs because they have too much input lag. This cable won't change that; light guns still won't work with an HDTV.
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Both gold optical tips are exactly .10" od. and .12" long, the widest part of the plastic plug in tip is .25" wide. The center fiber optic core or light pipe is .05" od. From an artistic point of view the cable can have multiple purposes. For people to keep calling it a Toslink cable tells me they properly read the ad?
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Hi Kid Icarus - The cables I have are not gold plated and I do not have any issues with the quality.
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I am not sure, but I have found the tech assistance at this provider (Wilson) to be very good. I would guess the answer is yet, because the copper core of this product does not care what type of wavelength it is carrying or what it is used for, it just transmits a wave length over the surface of the copper. So I would guess at yes, if the connectors are the same, but this is a guess. It is a good shielded cable and the connectors are great, but it has to match what you have.
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Hi. Actually what you see are the input and output sides from the same box. The cable is fiber optic and must be connected to the device's digital output and to the "toslink" input in the box.
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I hate to have to disagree with the other responders, but I have found that cables do matter for POE. My application was a relatively high power one that pushed POE right to the limit, and I could only get it to work with a solid wire cable. The problem is that some patch cables, in order to maximize flexibility and minimize cost, use wire that's basically copper foil wound around a piece of thread. These just don't have the necessary current carrying capacity, at least not in my experience. A proper stranded wire cable would probably work, but I haven't tried that.