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Jamie-C
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Is there any difference between a cheap one and a dear one?

I went to PC world today to get one and it was £40 for a 20M one , thought fuck that, got home checked on eBay, for a 20M one on eBay its less that £3! Is an eBay special going to be any worse than a £40 item?
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Never had a problems with mine dude!

Always got Ebay ones.

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Not difference at all over those distances.
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Is an eBay special going to be any worse than a £40 item?



In a word no. Although the RJ45 connectors on the end might be cheap ones and the plastic tab might break off. Will still work though.
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Good stuff, I couldn't believe the price off them in PC world Once its in its in so I'll be extra careful when plugging it in oceansoul

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Never once have I found something cheaper in a computer shop than I could on ebay. Ebay FTW
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Currys etc prices on some things are daylight robbery, 10 verbatim dl discs for the xbox are 8.15 on ebay and 27.99 at Currys
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noticed recently pc world and especially maplins are charging ridiculous amounts for stuff these days, might aswell give free pots of lube away at the entrance. Ridiculous markups
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Is there any difference between a cheap one and a dear one?

I went to PC world today to get one and it was £40 for a 20M one , thought fuck that, got home checked on eBay, for a 20M one on eBay its less that £3! Is an eBay special going to be any worse than a £40 item?


Not all cables are the same though. Naturally you get some that are FAR better than others. But as Ian said, over such a short distance it won't make fuckall difference

Looking on the net, it costs about £15 for a metre of 10 gig cable
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also anything utilising digital technology the associated cable makes even less difference with regards to its quality
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Stick the word "digital" or "HD" on and charge 200% extra. I saw (tescos i think), a 3.5mm - 3.5mm stereo cable 1m was like £4.99. One had HD Super Audio Bollox on the lable and was like £22.99.
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also anything utilising digital technology the associated cable makes even less difference with regards to its quality


What? Do you mean over a short distance, or in general?
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in general, distance isnt affected (to a degree) in a digital signal

doesnt matter of the quality of cable for say a hdmi cable, expensive one will make no difference to quality at any reasonable distances
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Normally as long as you have sufficient conductor size any cable is equal to any other cable.
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Yes I made a thread not too long ago about the cost of ethernet cables from PC World

Your best bet is to get them from somewhere like eBuyer.com, much cheapness and very good quality.

Tip - get ones with 'boots' on them.
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I ordered one of these ones - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20m-RJ45-Cat5e-Ethernet-Network-LAN-Cable-Patch-Lead-/250782230114?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1830662559881298535&_qi=RTM742988#ht_671wt_905

Probably shit but if it works then
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quote:
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in general, distance isnt affected (to a degree) in a digital signal

doesnt matter of the quality of cable for say a hdmi cable, expensive one will make no difference to quality at any reasonable distances


That's true about HDMI. But we're talking ethernet here mate? And over long distances, the difference between Cat5e and Augmented Cat6plus is quite a lot In terms of Reflection Loss or XT anyway!
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Sorry, that means fuck all to me , is the lead I've bought shit?
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quote:
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Sorry, that means fuck all to me , is the lead I've bought shit?


Tbh mate, it won't really affect you at all
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
in general, distance isnt affected (to a degree) in a digital signal

doesnt matter of the quality of cable for say a hdmi cable, expensive one will make no difference to quality at any reasonable distances


That's true about HDMI. But we're talking ethernet here mate? And over long distances, the difference between Cat5e and Augmented Cat6plus is quite a lot In terms of Reflection Loss or XT anyway!


yeah i know was just making the point on the discussion of cable quality and added that digital cables are even less important with regards to quality and expense
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Over 20 meters it'll be fine.
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quote:
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in general, distance isnt affected (to a degree) in a digital signal


Yes it is. Quite a lot aswell.
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here we go
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That.

 
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