gareth Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Can anyone recommend a good, cheap supplier of scart cables? I need fairly decent quality, but not stupidly expensive. Tried CPC's website last night, but their online catalogue and search facility is so awful that it almost made my head explode so I gave up. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
london sound Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Dixons, Comet, Maplin. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Dixons, Comet, Maplin.Thanks for the suggestions. To be honest, I'd automatically written Dixons and Comet off as over-priced high street retailers, but if you reckon they're worth a go then I'll give them a try. Oh, and I should have mentioned in my first post that I've already looked at Maplin as well .... the Nikkai ones that they sell for about 12 or 13 quid look like they could do the job (halfway-decent cables that don't cost an arm and a leg), but any alternative suggestions are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonfire Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I know it sounds funny but I got a scart cable from argos when I bourght a DVD/video player a few weeks ago.. that seemed to be a nice cable.. and it was cheap.. rgdschris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmatthew Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Dixons, Comet, Maplin.Thanks for the suggestions. To be honest, I'd automatically written Dixons and Comet off as over-priced high street retailers, but if you reckon they're worth a go then I'll give them a try. Oh, and I should have mentioned in my first post that I've already looked at Maplin as well .... the Nikkai ones that they sell for about 12 or 13 quid look like they could do the job (halfway-decent cables that don't cost an arm and a leg), but any alternative suggestions are appreciated.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> A scart cable from DSG (dixons store group inc, dixons, currys Pc world and the Link) will cost about £15 for 1m. The sainsburys near us have some for cheaper IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 £15 a metre!! Jeezzus!!! CPC is your friend, even if the web site is #####. "High quality" 5m lead £7.28 ex. or 10m for £6.63, About page 138 in the paper catalogue, which is the Audio/Video equipment & accessories section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbulb789 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 If your looking for cheap and still good quality then I recommend to try Argos Here's a search of Scart leads there's a few from £3.99 to £19.99 Scart Lead Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 I just bought on eof the 0.75m Nikkai "Pure Connectivity" ones from Maplin, just to see what they're like. I think I might have to get hold of a copy of CPC's paper catalogue - it sounds like they do stuff like this at rock bottom prices, but I gave up with them simply couldn't handle their awful website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I just bought on eof the 0.75m Nikkai "Pure Connectivity" ones from Maplin, just to see what they're like. I think I might have to get hold of a copy of CPC's paper catalogue - it sounds like they do stuff like this at rock bottom prices, but I gave up with them simply couldn't handle their awful website.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's their new "improved" site you're talking about! (Shocking isn't it?) Try here for some entries under SCART. If you can find them, the blue jacketed cables are a good balance of cost/quality. I have a bin full at work. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computer Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 TLC-Direct.co.uk do Scarts too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 CPCs website is incredibly bad, isn't it. But persevere - they do some very good kit at reasonable prices. At work, we have all but stopped using RS now, except for stuff CPC don't carry. See if you can get hold of one of their paper catalogues - it's about as thick as a couple of phone books. Even an old one is useful - virtually all colleges/universities/schools will have an account, and many industrial places. Find someone with an account and ask for their old catalogue when the new one comes out! You can then check the prices on the website. I bought some stuff from them yesterday - 100m of microphone cable, a gooseneck light for a mixer, and some other bits and pieces. Placed the order yesterday afternoon, and it arrived (in Glasgow) at 10 this morning. Free delivery if you spend over 30 quid and next day service. I ordered it thru our corporate account (and so got the discount!) but paid with my own credit card. Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Are the "blue jacketed" scart cables from CPC, described above, from the same family as their blue-jacketed VGA cables? If so, they're likely to be excellent quality. They are re-packaged VDC products, and the last time I bought some it was cheaper to get them directly from VDC. http://www.vdctrading.com/, but their online catalogue is currently unavailable... Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Are the "blue jacketed" scart cables from CPC, described above, from the same family as their blue-jacketed VGA cables? If so, they're likely to be excellent quality. They are re-packaged VDC products, and the last time I bought some it was cheaper to get them directly from VDC. Bruce.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Could be. I've not had any blue VGAs from them, but I'll try to check when at my desk. I don't have the strength to try and find details on their www! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Just to add, catalogues are free from CPC, well they were when I got mine via the old site, but the link to request one seems to have gone, might be worth trying via the basic request help form, and yes the new website is awful, I much preferred the old one. What makes the new one worse is the categories don't match with the catalogue any more, and there is no way to get to the main category when you find a relevant product via the search, so you can't easily see all the others and find the cheapest one. PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 To late now but www.kelkoo.co.uk is the place to search for cheap things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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