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AmazonBasics Toslink Digital Audio Optical Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
February 26th, 2011 | 
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AmazonBasics products are quality electronics accessories offered at a great value.
The AmazonBasics TOSLINK Digital Audio Optical Cable helps you connect audio components when clear sound quality is your priority. This digital audio TOSLINK cable can be used to connect your CD and DVD players, digital satellite, and more to your preamplifier, receiver, audio processors, and digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The cable’s quality construction provides pure and clean sound.
 AmazonBasics TOSLINK cables feature high-quality, gold-plated connectors that resist corrosion and offer optimal signal transfer. |
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TOSLINK Cable Keeps Pure Digital Audio Signal Between Components
The TOSLINK optical audio connection carries a digital audio stream using a fiber-optic cable. This AmazonBasics TOSLINK Cable is perfect for whenever you need to connect audio devices, such as a CD or DVD players to a receiver or preamplifier.
In home-theater applications, you can use the TOSLINK connection to send a Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack to an audio processor or A/V receiver for surround-sound decoding.
Since TOSLINK uses fiber-optic cable, it is free from distortion caused by electrical or magnetic interference that an electrical cable would incur. The result is an audio signal that is purer, as well as truer to the original recording.
Quality Construction with Gold-Plated Connectors
This AmazonBasics cable features a durable, black PVC outer layer, and gold-plated connectors that resist corrosion and offer optimal signal transfer.
AmazonBasics: Quality Products at Low Prices
AmazonBasics is a collection of consumer electronic “basics” created by combining quality and low prices for an overall focus on value.
Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
This AmazonBasics product features Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging that is recyclable. It comes without excess packaging materials such as hard plastic clamshell casings, plastic bindings, or wire ties. The packaging is designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife, and it will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging. Products with Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging can frequently be shipped in their own boxes, without an additional shipping box, saving on resources and reducing waste. In addition, the packaging materials that we do use are easily and frequently recycled, composted, or reused by our customers, and all the inks and dyes are biodegradable.
Warranty and Helpful Hints
This cable is backed by an AmazonBasics 1-year limited warranty. To view the full AmazonBasics warranty, click here. If you are having trouble connecting your components with this cable, click here for the AmazonBasics TOSLINK Helpful Hints Guide [PDF].
What’s in the Box
TOSLINK digital audio optical cable (6 feet / 1.8 meters) and warranty card.
AmazonBasics Toslink Digital Audio Optical Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
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Digital TV Receiver: Is Digital TV A Customer Complaint Magnet?
The switch from analog to digital TV is on its way—whether we’re ready for it or not!
For your average dropship reseller, this new phase of broadcasting might be a golden opportunity because there aren’t many resellers getting in on the action as yet, and also because it is something that almost everybody in the civilized world is going to have to use.
But, the downside to this rosy picture is that there are bound to be multiple problems associated with the sale of the digital TV receiver and other digital TV products.
For one thing, there still isn’t a lot known about them.
Gray areas remain with unanswered questions and problems with no solutions to date.
So, is the potential for gain worth the risk?
First, let’s look at the three different digital TV formats:
1. ATSC: The format used in North America, some parts of Asia and some parts of Africa.
2. DVB: Europe, Asia, Oceania, and parts of Africa.
3. ISDB: Japan and Brazil although other South American countries are considering using it, too.
Now, do you see how confusing this is? ATSC, for instance is used in some parts of Asia and some parts of Africa. DVB is also used in some parts of Africa. ASDB might or might not be used in other South American countries other than Brazil.
You will really have to stay on your toes to keep abreast of all this and even then, you’re bound to end up with customers who have purchased the wrong product.
Add to that muddled mix the fact that digital TV won’t convert at all for some types of television related items and you have the recipe for a veritable hash of problems!
Will these things cause problems for a reseller?
No doubt about it!
Still, even knowing that problems are bound to arise, digital TV could be a resellers dream for the most part with the occasional nightmare thrown in for good measure.
What are Some Other Potential Problems With Digital TV?
The sad truth is….there are some other problems that could cause a reseller and customers grief. Here are a few of them:
* Some existing analog equipment will be less functional with the use of a converter box. For example, television remote controls will no longer be effective at changing channels, because that function will instead be handled by the converter box. Ditto for analog based DVD recorders, VCRs, and hard drive DVRs.
* Image problems! DTV images have some picture defects that are not present on analog television. When a compressed digital image is compared with the original program source, there may be: quantization noise, incorrect color, blockiness, and a blurred, shimmering haze. Oh joy!
* Digital televisions have a noticeable delay when changing channels, making “channel surfing” more difficult.
To avoid possible problems with customers, resellers should include ALL of the above information right on the webpage with the product where it is easily seen.
Also, provide contact information and encourage shoppers to ask for help before buying a digital TV product!
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Originally published here.
Rose Li
Digital library moves closer to conception as discussion begins
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