Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-09-03 Thread Chris Eddington
I couldn't find them in Serramonte Target either. I will check the Saratoga Target this weekend. Chris - Original Message - From: "Dan Frakes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "MDList" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:09 PM Subject: Re: MD: cheaper opti

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-09-03 Thread Dan Frakes
"Chris Eddington" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't find them in Serramonte Target either. I will check the Saratoga Target this weekend. Chris: That's actually the one I was at -- but I figured since this is an international list no one would know what I was talking about if I said

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-09-02 Thread Dan Frakes
A few weeks ago someone mentioned that they saw convertible TosLink/Miniplug digital cables at Target. I offered to pick a few up the next time I went to Target and a couple people responded that they would like one. The bad news is that I went to the "super" Target in San Francisco today

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-09-02 Thread las
Hi Dan. I got a set at Sears for $13.99. I had to do some looking. I found a whole bunch of audio cables that were Recoton, but no dice. I was about to give up when I saw an other display (the Sears where I live is such a mess that if it was broken into no one could even tell). Then there

RE: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-14 Thread Yaniv S. Eyny
Woudenberg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: cheaper optical cables Rick wrote, | Thanks for the note. This is the first I've heard of TOSLink optical | cables with miniplug adapters. I'm forwarding your note to the MD | mailing list, I think others will find it interesting. Best Buy has

RE: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-14 Thread Nathan White
You must convert the Coax digital signal to optical first. Nathan White [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yaniv S. Eyny Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 4:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MD: cheaper optical cables

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-14 Thread David W. Tamkin
Yaniv Eyny asked, | Can these adapters be used to connect the non-optical digital out from | sound-cards like sound blaster live to the digital in on a portable? No. All they are is dark plastic pieces with the hole at one end shaped like a TOSlink jack and the other end shaped like an

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-13 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
I bought some Recoton TOSlink cables at Best Buy a few months ago. They are very flexable and work great. The only thing that might be a problem is that the TOSlink connectors are rather large; they just barely fit the side-by-side jacks on the DIO2448...

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-12 Thread David W. Tamkin
Rick wrote, | Thanks for the note. This is the first I've heard of TOSLink optical | cables with miniplug adapters. I'm forwarding your note to the MD | mailing list, I think others will find it interesting. Best Buy has carried a Recoton model -- actually, several, as I think they're

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-11 Thread Eric Woudenberg
Hi James, Thanks for the note. This is the first I've heard of TOSLink optical cables with miniplug adapters. I'm forwarding your note to the MD mailing list, I think others will find it interesting. Rick "James G. Owen" writes: I found at Target (big mall retailer) "Recoton" brand "dvd"

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-11 Thread las
"James G. Owen" writes: I found at Target (big mall retailer) "Recoton" brand "dvd" "Digital Optical 6 ft. Stereo Audio Cable" for a mere $15 (!!) or so. On the back of the card it says "DVD901". they are "universal" in that they come with "miniplug" adapters for both ends. That is,

Re: MD: cheaper optical cables

2000-08-11 Thread Dan Frakes
las [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too bad there are on Targets near me. That's a goo deal. If CC carries them, they will probably cost $40. I don't CC would even want to carry them because it might interfere with the sale of the $100 monster cables. Next time I go to Target, I'll check up on