Sound Bar for TV

[OFSO]

I just sent you (Cape) Morgan's current sound system for TV's as an e-mail. They don't deliver to abroad but if I could carry an LG TV and Skydigibox on the train I bet you could.

SCARTS very useful for us nerds as they carry in, out, RGB, etc, and also switching contacts to do Amazing Things.

All the LGs the family bought in the past five years and all the TVs on sale now (Carrefour, John Lewis, Richer Sounds) have SCART sockets, usually at least two. No sign of USB-C yet but Flying Tiger is selling the cables.

[OFSO]

I have four satellite receivers and one DVT receiver. Each has two SCARTS. One socket from each is cabled to a modulator (5) which feeds a ring RF distribution system. Any of the house TV's or anything with an RF input can thus connect to any of the satellite receivers, which are set to Freesat SKY news, France 24, RTL, CAT3TV and (when I get it home in two weeks) the new (second hand) SKY TV box. So no need to change channels on the satellite receivers. Mrs OFSO has her own Sky box. In addition there's a parallel Ethernet CAT6 cable distribution for more intelligent devices, which is connected to the magic Huawei 4G box. System is a mass of untidy cables and needs constant maintenance and tweaking and must never ever be switched off. Touching any cable or connector causes downtime and usually half a days work tracing cables.

[Capetonian]

I have four satellite receivers and one DVT receiver............System is a mass of untidy cables and needs constant maintenance and tweaking and must never ever be switched off. Touching any cable or connector causes downtime and usually half a days work tracing cables.

Thank you for reminding me why I use the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle for my electronics.

Thank you also for the Morgan link. I've had a good look and am weighing up options. Problem is the more choice there is, the more confused I am. All I really know is that I don't want sodding great 'woofers' to blast out JB noise, and that I want clear speech and a way of suppressing background interference, or 'music' as some might call it.

[unifoxos]

Don't rely on SCARTS for any length of time. Tendency now is for them to be replaced by HDMI and in a surprisingly short time I expect them to go the way of VHS.

[ian16th]

I still have a serviceable VHS recorder and a DVD recorder.

There is a small demand for copying home video's to DVD, particularly weddings.

[OFSO]

Multi-pin plugs and sockets carrying low level AC signals can 'go off' as it were. For some applications we used to 'wet' them with a continuous small DC voltage which helped. Seemingly every connector on every device will shortly be replaced by USB-C. Oh yes ?

[Pontius Navigator]

Cables and wires. Mrs PN 's nightmare. OFSO, do you find they move in the dark? What was laid out in direct and parallel lines become inextricably tied in knots should it be necessary to trace one?

Why USB C? Why connect at all? Instead of mains and other sockets mounted vertically, have inductive pads connected with concealed cables, everything else just placed in range.

[unifoxos]

There is a small demand for copying home video's to DVD, particularly weddings.

Trying to get all mine done while I've still got a working VHS player. Taking forever as my tapes go back to the early 90s, and I was a bit profligate with recording after having to be so careful with the previous Super 8 which was so expensive.

[ian16th]

There is a small demand for copying home video's to DVD, particularly weddings.

Trying to get all mine done while I've still got a working VHS player. Taking forever as my tapes go back to the early 90s, and I was a bit profligate with recording after having to be so careful with the previous Super 8 which was so expensive.

My Super 8 camera, a Sony FX700, has totally given up the ghost and I still have some tapes that I cannot play/copy

For a while it wouldn't record, but it did play.