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Best Powercord for a TV?

Hello everyone,

So my question is whats a good powercord for a tv? I recently upgraded my LCD TV and plasma tv with Richard gray powercords and they actually made the picture worse compared to the stock cord.

I had a ps audio powercord and a old transparent cable powercord that I tried as well and although they where better than the Richard gray, the picture quality was not that good.

For some reason the powercords made the black color look weak and choppy.

Are newer tvs made differently than older ones? I remember upgrading my plasma tv years ago with a transparent powercord and it made one hell of a difference.
Any suggestions?
soundsvision
vhiner
533 posts
 
@Nonoise,

"I believe my lying eyes."

Exactly! LOL
soundsvision OP
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I bought a tara lab ac reference that's suppose to be for a tv and it indeed made a difference on my Samsung plasma but not my Sony LCD.

I even tried it in my sons 22 inch LCD and no difference at all, then I went to my brothers house and connected it to his LG plasma and it made a difference in color and most importantly blacks.

I then went and bothered my cousin and replaced the PC on his projector and it made a difference as well..

So, has anyone changed their LCD PC and noticed a difference?
williewonka
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Me :-)

See above
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nglazer
734 posts
 
I inserted an old Electraglide Genghis Khan PC into my Samsung HDTV and the improvement was breathtaking! Colors were more saturated and picture much more realistic.

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jedinite24
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For my Samsung LCD TV from 2008 I have used an original Belden based Volex 17604 power cord and I found the colors to be more vibrant and the picture more crisp. Things got too detailed when I plugged the Samsung with the Belden cord into my Tice Powerblock though
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