Bloody everything!

Digital signal breaking up over the past couple of weeks. They're pratting around with the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, but this was worse than you'd expect from the 'normal' pixelation and as it was possible to improve or make it worse by jiggling the cable from the wall mounted power unit to the aerial socket it appeared to be that.

Called the engineer out because the whole thing froze last night. As soon as he came (with his mate) they both went: "Ah, white cable."

They changed all the aerial cables and the picture's brilliant, better than it's ever been in fact. And no more pixelation at all! £25 and they'd come seven miles.

Digital grade coax such as CT100 or PF100 etc has a copper foil and copper braid.

Analouge satallite has an aluminium foil.

Older terrestrial has no foil, just a braid.

You get all flavours of the above in air-spaced and foam dielectric.  Foam is used outdoors to prevent water ingress, and is less easily deformed when bending.  Air spaced is for indoor use and is made because it is cheaper.

They make many cables for many purposes.  They are all different for a reason

It annoys me when alarm guys use alarm cable for telephones, or DIYERS use telephone cable for alarms.

this FILM4, is that cling film ,or copper foil!!!!!

Lots of good information on this site..

http://www.aerialsandtv.com

From top to bottom.. Poor, better, best.



The top one has no foil screen, the middle one has aluminium foil and the bottom on copper foil.

The colour of sleve is irrelevant. They sell the same cable in Black, brown or white. The good stuff is only 40p a meter so it's not going to break the bank..  

http://www.aerialsandtv.com/onlinecableandmisc.html#Cable

I hope the plug for ATV is OK. I have no connection with them but they do provide a heck of a lot of good information on their web site.

Because you don't want your phone to ring when your alarm goes off  

The old dial type phones had screw terminals, so why shouldn't I use telephone cable for alarms? Never mind them being about the same in cost, if I have telephone cable & no alarm cable I will use it (unless there is a VERY good reason not to). Just interested & playing devils advocate

I must confess I expected more....

And i will now really stir the pot with.....

and it also depends on the manufacturer......... as to the cable differences.............IF ANY!!!!!!!!!!!